Where did I say “send them back?” Of course we’re not talking about actual slaves. And neither are the “reparations” thugs; that was the whole point of my post. They—the “reparations” thugs—want to use the power of the state to plunder Caucasians who never held slaves, and they do it based on a never ending grievance due to blackness theory. Fine, but if we’re going to talk about the supposed continuing legacy of slavery, then one aspect we can’t ignore must surely be the presence of the slaves’ descendants in America and the opportunities they enjoyed as a result. But you were too busy looking for an excuse to throw out the R-word to grasp the point of the post.
On this we can certainly agree.
Perhaps we will agree here too.
Richard Nixon was excoriated for suggesting that the problem of race in America could be best dealt with by a policy of "benign neglect." On this he was absolutely right. After all "benign neglect" is just another term for a government policy that is color blind or "race neutral" as some prefer to call it. This is the essential American promise. That the all are equal before the law (read: "the government").
A policy of Benign Neglect could only be an improvement over the policy of Pernicious Pandering that has been followed by both national parties ever since. Look at the destruction that has wrought!