If reparations become an issue once the Democrats are running things, I'm claiming I want money because my relatives fought to free the slaves, and some of them lost their lives. Two can play that game.
If they decide to pay, all I ask is that instead of cash coming "from the government" I want each and every taxpayer to have to pony up their share on their tax form on line such-n-so: "Slavery Reparation payment..."
That way modern American blacks can ask themselves, "Uh, WTF do I have to pay?" just like modern American whites do.