I had two ancestors who were sold into slavery by the Purtians because they were Quakers. If African Americans deserve reparations because their ancestors were slaves, do I deserve them too?
2007-04-05 04:26:05 · 13 answers · asked by gerafalop 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
None of you today deserve them. No one alive had to live through the hardships of your ancestors.
2007-04-05 04:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by apple juice 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Great question! Will the future generations of Black still consider they are deserve reparations after (If) this generation gets any besides the welfare they've already been given.
The Blacks wish those that didn't directly suffer to gain from those that didn't directly benefit. All the Blacks had a choice to either get on with their lives or cry about it. At the end of the civil war the west was still wide open.
2007-04-06 03:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by viablerenewables 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your ancestors were likely indentured servants, bound for a term of years, usually 4 or 5 years. They were not real slaves who were bound for life along with all their descendants. When their contracts expired, your ancestors were able to blend in with the rest of the free white population.
The point of reparations is that an entire group of people, millions of people, were disadvantaged by the history of slavery and that slavery was an institution sanctioned by the government of the US. After the civil war, freed slaves were promised 40 acres and a mule and got nothing. They got the vote, and then were disenfranchised again due to government policies and actions.
Nonetheless, NO ONE is getting reparations, so get a life.
2007-04-05 04:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To be fair, yes.
But why should people today get reparations for things that happened to their ancestors......who are no longer here to collect such reparations?
To put it another way, so because "so and so" is lucky enough to have ancestors who were sold into slavery/had their land taken by the settlers, they should get money for it?
That doesn't seem quite fair, does it? An apology is about all that the descendants of those who were wronged in the past should get.
Though, getting some land because i have a small bit of native american ancestry does sound appealling. lol
2007-04-05 04:43:19 · answer #4 · answered by Humanist 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Because overall you were not generation after generation suffering discrimination because of this you are not eligible.
I am not sure if I agree with reparations but then I am a conservative so that makes all our answers wrong to libs. I just do not see how Caucasians who are not descendants of slave owners and maybe only recently came here should pay taxes to cover reparations especially if those same Caucasian family's suffered discrimination as a result of their ethnicity (Italian, Irish, etc)
2007-04-05 04:46:04 · answer #5 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes you do deary - stand in line. My ancestors were Irish indentured servants and I need some reparations too.
2007-04-05 04:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nobody deserves reparation
2007-04-05 04:37:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No. It is just another good counter-arguement to those who think reparations are necessary, which I do not think they are.
2007-04-05 04:37:12 · answer #8 · answered by jonepemberton 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No--but those who suffered do. The victims themselves need to file a class action against the PEOPLE WHO WRONGED THEM (not their decendents) and win. Then we'll dig em up and put $100 in their hands and bury em again. That should make you feel better.
2007-04-05 04:53:17 · answer #9 · answered by Cherie 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
nobody deserves reparation except maybe the serbs and Jews during the holocaust.
2007-04-05 04:36:28 · answer #10 · answered by Jahpson 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋