are the african americans elegible for compensation claim against slavery of their ancestors?

Question

the long centuries of slavery of A Americans ancestors by the ancestors of present white americans constitutes a better ground for present a americans to claim compensation far better than the ground on which evil jews blackmailed and still, westerners

Answer 1

Good lord. LET IT GO!! All the slave owners are dead now! Nobody in america today is responsible for what happened years ago. Everyone has problems. Build a bridge and get over it. The government owes you NOTHING. Isn't it bad enough that it's acceptable for a black man to call a white man a cracker, or a honkey....but as soon as a white man says the dreaded N word, it's all over the news. Racism goes both ways. stop calling me cracker.

Answer 2

No there is no compensation for African Americans whose ancestors were forced into slavery. And why should there be? Sorry to disappoint the African Americans who whine about their ancestors who were slaves, but they were not the first people forced into slavery. In medieval times, castles had tons of slaves. Slaves have been used throughout history to build empires and some of the most impressive buildings in the world. My point is that african americans shouldn't get compensation just becuase their ancestors were slaves...I'm sure if people could trace their family lines back far enough every ones ancestors at some point were slaves in a country. Does that mean everyone should be able to get compensation from the country that had enslaved their relatives? Definitely not. Its done with, its over...move on.

Answer 3

First, lets ensure there is no misconception to what I am about to say... if it happens then cool, my kid is entitled to a share, but I'm not going to demand it happen.... however.... Didn't slavery start when the kings of the tribes started SELLING their own people as slaves to EUROPEANS for goods? By no means am I saying slavery was right or correct it was horrible and should have never taken place but in all actuality.... who started it?
Now with that being said... lets keep it real, were african americans the only slaves? I don't think so.. I guess if you truly look at slavery..every race be entitled to compensation, as a matter a fact, I consider myself a slave now... I clean, cook, work on the cars, go to grocery store, etc... where's my pay??? This isn't my work choice, I was forced into it! I would much rather kick back and relax for a living!

Answer 4

What long centuries? Slavery existed in the United States from 1776 to 1865. This is the amount of time the United States existed before the Civil War. Anything previous to that would require looking to the British government for reparation as they were the ruling party. I do not believe any current person living today is entitled to reparations, this is because no person alive today suffered under any form of slavery. However, let's consider it from this standpoint. Take the costs incurred by the United States for the Civil War and then factor in the cost of reconstruction, adjust it for today's dollar. I think after all this is calculated you will find that slaves received reparation at the time in the form of liberation costs. Further why are slaves seeking reparation costs from the United States and not the Africans who actually sold them into slavery? Slavery was unfortunate and wrong, but this call for reparation is just in effect seeking another handout. Take responsibility for your life and leave the past where it belongs because you have no legitimate case for being paid relating to something that didn't remotely effect your personal life.

Answer 5

Pretty interesting...you want compensation for bigotry and in the same paragraph you make a bigoted statement about jews.

Just out of curiousity...How would you differentiate giving reparations among blacks who's ancestors did NOT come from Africa versus those who did? You DO know that not all blacks orginate from Africa...right?

And what if a white's ancestors did not come from a country that supported slavery? And what about Asians, Native Americans, or Hispanics...they certainly weren't responsible for the enslavement of Blacks? Are all these people going to be exempted from this tax (and how would that be done logistically...hhmmm?)...because you do realize that's where the money for reparations will ultimately come from...raised taxes...not some bottomless pot filled with gold at the end of the rainbow.

Answer 6

I dont see why not.. I mean the closest you or anyone alive today ever came to picking cotton was getting a pack of Fruit of the Looms at Wal Mart but HEY! You were promised 40 acres and a mule and BY GOD you should have it. Of course, no one ever said WHERE the 40 acres would be. How about Anarctica?

I was born in New Hampshire. No slavery there. MY ancestors FOUGHT AND DIED in the Civil War, freeing YOUR ancestors, giving em the right to vote, etc. When do I get paid off by the black population for what MY ancestors did? I say, keep you money, shut the hell up about something you never suffered for and if you dont like it here, move back to Africa and see how your 'civil rights' are treated there.

Answer 7

First of all, the people who sold your ancestors into slavery were other tribes of Africans. And second, if your ancestors were never sold into slavery, you might have been born into Somalia or Darfur and be among those with far less opportunity to succeed or even survive.

The history of the world, not just the United States, is fraught with injustice and cruelty, but as civilizations progress they move beyond the ugliness.

BTW, you will get over it easier if we can all just be Americans. As long as we are some form of hyphenated-American, there is going to be turmoil.

Answer 8

In the first place, there was no "centuries" of slavery in America. America was founded in 1776, and by 1832 more than half of the country had abandoned slavery; the rest of the country abandonded it in 1863, and slavery was outlawed in 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Therefore, there was no "centuries" of slavery in America; there wasn't even one century of slavery.

In the second place, this ridiculous idea is nothing more than a "get rich quick" scheme foisted on the American public by someone with less than normal motivation and NO work ethics to get paid for doing nothing. Thankfully, the legislators currently in office have seen through this useless idea and have refused to give it any merit at all.

I guess you'll just have to go get a job like the rest of working America. Sorry about that.

Answer 9

Hi im not African or American but i can empathize with what you are saying, i think that if a religion is good in this day at this time in history for someone then so be it, i think that the roots are always corrupt the christians burnt witches who did no harm they did some evil **** but karma always takes care of it in the end. apparently there are no youngsters wanting to be christian monks anymore, possibly because of the way christians have treated other people over history, i think christianity may die out one day and we will all become a loving peaceful spiritual family no matter what our blood type, colour race or creed, what a lovely picture that will be!

Answer 10

My friend's grandparents and parents immigrated quite voluntarily from Africa, the Caribbean and England. He wants compensation too! However much I tell him he never suffered from slavery and neither did his immediate ancestors, he insists that back in Africa his distant ancestors must have been traumatized.

What do I know about such things, but it seems blatant rapacity and greed to me.