This would be a big slippery slope.
What about reparations for American Indian tribes?
What about reparations for homosexuals who were discriminated against in the past?
What about reparations for females, who were discriminated against in the past?? Heck even today we are lectured that females make 79 cents on the dollar and all that. Will women be able to file lawsuits for their reparations?
What about reparations for various Asian-Americans? Heck, Chinese-Americans were discriminated against, slotted into running laundries and Chinese restaurants. Did Ben Cartwright pay Hop Sing a living wage and give him full benefits???
What about reparations for those who worked in factories and industry before modern environmental laws and labor standards were in place?
What about reparations for those who worked before we had a minimum wage law, and were paid subsistence wages for their jobs?
What about reparations for those who lived before the modern welfare state, and suffered due to not having EBT cards and a social safety net??
This could go on and on. Take this concept that somehow we owe reparations not to people living today, but to their descendents for some wrong doing done when judged by modern standards, well, you open a can of worms.
When are the Egyptians going to pay the Jews reparations for 400 years of bondage?
“Did Ben Cartwright pay Hop Sing a living wage and give him full benefits?”
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