The "reparations" cases to date have made zero progress, but don't hinge on anything but slavery, which cannot be denied, and doesn't need alternative theorizing about race.
Yes, the cases are being dismissed but corporations are still under legal attack. They still have to pay lawyers to defend the suits and the defense needs to present an alternative theory to explain why blacks are not as prosperous as whites. They need to do this because the reparations movement claims that even blacks who were not slaves are suffering from the legacy of the slave trade. Books are being written, heads are talking and the discussion continues.
Personally, I think the concept of group IQs is meaningless. On the average, blacks don't play golf, but tell that to Tiger Woods. On the average, blacks don't vote Republican, but tell that to Walter Williams, Armstrong Williams, Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice. On the average, Asians have higher IQs than whites.
When the PC police come knocking on the door and inquire as to why you don't have the proper percentage of blacks employed as electronic engineers we need to know about group IQs, group averages and group tendencies. How else are we to explain it?
Should we whites give up and start cleaning toilets for Asians? Is that our pre-ordained fate?
The purpose of the discussion is not to convince people that there is a pre-ordained place in life, it simply means that the socioeconomic status of a group does not necessarily mirror that group's share of the population.
On the average, whites commit more crimes than Asians and use more drugs. Does that make you a criminal drug-user?
No, but knowing that explains why there are fewer Asians on death row and fewer Asians in prison. It means whites shouldn't complain that the justice system is biased in favor of Asians.