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Keyes is not, nor has he ever been for slave reparations. You are misinformed.

Keyes advocated federal income tax exemptions for blacks descended from slaves as reparations. You are misinformed.

They’re not misinformed, they’re blind.

Keyes advocated federal income tax exemptions for blacks descended from slaves as reparations. You are misinformed.

In fact, what he offered was an example against, and instead of big government social programs that currently act as reparations:

"Unfortunately, the government-dominated approaches of the Great Society, which purported to heal and repair the legacy of historical damage, actually widened and deepened the wounds. They undermined the moral foundations of the black community and seriously corrupted the family structure and the incentives to work, savings, investment, and business ownership.
"The idea I have often put forward to address this challenge involves a traditionally Republican, conservative and market-oriented approach: removing the tax burden from the black community for a generation or two in order to encourage business ownership, create jobs and support the development of strong economic foundations for working families.
"This has the advantage of letting people help themselves, rather than pouring money into government bureaucracies that displace and discourage their own efforts. It takes no money from other citizens, while righting the historic imbalance that results from the truth that black slaves toiled for generations at a tax rate that was effectively 100 percent.
"I have also made it clear that while I believe that the descendants of slaves would be helped by this period of tax relief, my firm goal and ultimate objective is to replace the income tax, and thereby free all Americans from this insidious form of tax slavery. It is well known that this is one of the key priorities of the Keyes campaign."
Keyes2004.com: Keyes on reparations for descendants of slaves

'Reparations' involve money going from one pocket into another. One can argue, as Keyes does, that current social programs act as, and in lieu of, slave reparations- Taxes going out of the pockets of citizens, and invested by the government into the black community in the shape of affirmative action, welfare, and etc.

The 'tax break' you adamantly call reparations, removes governmental involvement, removes black dependency upon the government, and stops the government from taking money out of your pocket to fund it.

Whether you agree with it or not, It is hardly reparations for slavery.