My maternal forebears were African slaves. First owned by African blacks, then traded to Arabs, and then sold to a Dutch/Belgian family. The master’s wife got ‘curious’ with one slave and the resulting fruit was discreetly shipped back for adoption by west European immigrants living near Sicily. From where shall I get my reparations? Burundi? Somalia? ING?
I am left to wonder why slavery is not appropriately treated as a disgrace upon the history of all those involved, and not just those nations which moved away from these horrific ‘traditions’ and now enjoy prosperity. If leftist agitation is the proper measure, the sin appears to be contemporary relative success.
Truth is, going far enough back, everyone is a descendant of somebody done wrong. Who pays the reparation? I didn’t do it and wouldn’t do it. Why should I pay? Who is going to pay me for whatever was done to whatever ancestor I had that was done wrong?
Fact is reparations is a property law concept they are applying to a civil rights issue. It is the Native Americans who have a reparations claim - and they are cashing in at the smoke shops and casinos.