If I thought that reparations would shut them up and teach them to behave as civilized people, I would be all for it. But the truth is that no amount of money, apologies, or concessions would be enough for them, so instead I offer nothing.
Reparations on the worldly level will indeed benefit them nothing. This is the gaping maw of hell that is clamoring to be fed here (the Wrong Wrev Wright et al).
What would benefit them is the actual God. Why did black America walk away from that? I think in part it could have been because of inconsistent witness by those closest to them (churches that would not countenance racial mixes, and the long delayed release of theological follies that were used by chattel slavery whitewashers). And it part it was because they got bribed by welfare schemes. But in the end that was temptations. They simply did not hang onto the Lord.
Well if it was any consolation for equality, now whitey is in the same position. A lot of agnostic and atheist behavior, and powerless guises of Christianity that won’t let the actual Lord shine through. Everybody’s guilty.
God for His part reminds us that He is prepared to be kind. All this cruelty comes from the heart of hell. It’s not from His heart. But we need to accept His offer to champion our cause as we permit ourselves to become right with Him once more.