Should I (yes my tax dollars) give descendants of slaves money? My ancestors were not even here when slavery took place. Moreover, the vast majority of slaves taken out of Africa were sold by African rulers, traders and a military aristocracy who all grew wealthy from the business. How about reparations from their descendants?
http://www.afbis.com/analysis/slave.htm
How about reparations for the descendants of Native Americans, Irish, Polish, Russians, Asians and the geeks in the playground when they were persecuted!
I'll just open my wallet for every whiner. OK?
2006-08-15 13:14:09 · 9 answers · asked by opitmdotcom 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Blacks (and some other ethic groups) really STARTED to get a decent break after WWII. There has been a LOT done for them since, by individuals, charitable foundations, church groups, unions (once the unions found that blacks were going to be card-carrying members and HAD to be represented), by large and small businesses, and by all levels of government. Blacks have come a long way, and some of them still have a way to go, but at this point "reparations" are inapproriate and an insult to both the giver and the recipient. Now they need to stand up and earn their own way, just like everyone else, or new immigrants will run over them.
2006-08-15 13:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will never be reparations right or wrong
But...we have never faced up to slavery and then dicrimination. Only 50 years ago our constitutin was help to allow separate but equal.
It is one of the sad times in our nations history,
2006-08-15 13:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by aprilx4u 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Slavery was clearly wrong but so is the asking of reparations for many reasons.
2006-08-15 13:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by brewbeer212 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with reparations. No one alive today was alive then so what good would it really do? Would it cure racism? I don't think so.
2006-08-15 13:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by First Lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
totally agreed,...hell haven't they been receiving welfare checks for the past 40 years???????and now they want to live their entire lives off the government and the tax payers???? not a chance!
2006-08-15 13:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by bushfan88 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you go boy "F" those bleeding harts I say, get a job ern your way and forget the unchageable past it will only bring you down!!!
2006-08-15 13:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell int hat case everybody would have to pay everybody else! great question
2006-08-15 13:19:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NOOOOOOO, well, kinda, their are taking it in the form of welfare, so they got us anyway
2006-08-15 13:18:33 · answer #8 · answered by shut up dummy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea sue my butt!
2006-08-15 13:20:14 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋