[proudofthesouth]

This is pure BS and I for one will stop paying taxes if this were to happen.

The slaves were sold into slavery by black, African chieftains. Many American blacks probably wouldn't be alive today if their ancestors hadn't been sold (due to disease and war in their native countries).

Don't get me wrong. I'm against slavery of any kind, but this is despicable!

And while we're on the subject, how about reparations for people who have Cherokee ancestors who were forced off their lands and became part of the Trail of Tears?

[USMA '71]

Reparations for slavery would lead to the armed insurection of every white man that has a set of balls and a weapon. I have both.

[Mila]

"The slaves were sold into slavery by black, African chieftains. Many American blacks probably wouldn't be alive today if their ancestors hadn't been sold (due to disease and war in their native countries)."

This remind me of something I read several years back. It by no means condones the tragedy of slavery, but it fits with what you are saying.

It might have been the late eighties or the early nineties. Mohammed Ali was on a trip to Africa. What he saw there was grim enough to prompt him to remark, "Thank goodness my relatives got on that boat." I remember thinking at the time that, from the aspect of one who was a descendant of slaves, he had made a truly honest comment.
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[Beckwith]

Do the descendants of European, American Indian and Chinese slaves get reparations too or is it only for descendants of African slaves?

And what about the brothers with mixed blood? Do they pay themselves?