“generational guilt”
Only a moron would think this is a legitimate concept. YOU did not decide to enslave anyone. YOU did not decide to buy or sell slaves. YOU have no guilt for decisions you did not make.
Also, reparations is another moronic concept. No one who was a slave is alive now. If they had been given reparations at the time they were freed, does anyone think that that money\property would still be theirs\their heir’s today?
An anecdote: My family founded a certain area of the nation in Ohio. First church, first town, etc. in this area. My family was granted or deeded the tract of land that encompasses a region that is something like 20 square miles. This happened back in the mid-1700s. What do we own today? Of the 12,800 acres represented by 20 square miles, we own... none of it. Nor are we wealthy from the proceeds of selling it. People make decisions based on their circumstance. Some of the land was sold to pay taxes. Some of it was given to family members who subsequently sold it. Some of it was taken via eminent domain- but out of all that land, none of it is still owned by anyone of my blood. We own some things from our ancestors- pieces of furniture, a 250 year old family bible that has some value due to its age, but not one bit of real liquid wealth, or real estate. How do you think 40 acres and a mule (or whatever the reparations were discussed after the end of the civil war) would turn out?
“Only a moron would think this is a legitimate concept.”
Yup. And my ancestors from northern Tennessee fought with the North in the Civil War, and how many hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers died in the war? What is each life worth? A million $ each minimum.
And what about the $60 TRILLION already spent to benefit our black friends? Pretty good reparations I think.
A black conservative friend says he regrets how his ancestors suffered (maybe), but he is grateful they were brought here as he works with orphans in Niger and has seen first hand the poverty of most of Africa. Would our black friends rather have grown up in Africa? Would they rather live in Africa now? My friend drives a Mercedes and owns rental property - and is filthy rich by African standards.
And maybe the gov. should calculate the average wealth of every black American, compare it with the wealth of every average black African - and tax them 10% “to be American privilege tax” and send the money.......to the poor in Africa.