[DoodleDawg]

THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT TODAY’S AFRICAN-AMERICANS WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THEIR ANCESTORS HAD REMAINED BEHIND IN AFRICA.

Perhaps. But had you given those ancestors a choice between staying in Africa and being bundled off to be a slave in the Americas then I imagine they would have preferred to stay where they were.

[ChessExpert]

You are correct.

However, in the context of "reparations for slavery," one must think of today's descendants from slaves.