I'm an old white boy. My niece and my nephew are obviously of African ancestry. My sister has a good job, and spent lots of money on their food, clothing, education. Now, IF black people are going to get money from white people, how should this family handle it? Does my sister get to deduct half the money she spent, since it went to persons half black? Do my niece and nephew have to pay anything, since they look black enough to be discriminated against? Since they are apparently half white, do they only get half as much? Could they just write each other a check for the same amounts? If one of their grandparents was descended from old-time slaves, and the other from a U.N. staff member who came here in 1959, do they only get one-fourth as much?
I fear that reparations will not bring peace and justice. Most of the people who pay, will resent it as too much, and, I fear that many of the people who GET the money will resent it as not enough.
2006-09-15
15:07:27
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