Why we should welcome a real trial about slave reparations

American Thinker ^ | 05/11/2016 | John Massoud

[SeekAndFind]

For the past fifteen or so years, there has been a movement among some liberals to require that the descendents of former slaves be paid for the suffering of their ancestors. Conservatives have railed against this transfer of wealth, saying (rightly, one should add) that a person or entity cannot be held responsible for the actions of another person who has been dead for over 150 years. Lloyd’s of London was sued in 2004 by a group of descendents of African slaves, and the British court system ruled against their claim. There have been other claims made by the descendents of African slaves – all of these have been laughed out of court.

Conservatives also claim (again, correctly) that offering reparations helps to keep poorer African Americans in a perpetual state of victimhood. But conservatives should not only welcome the concept of a reparations trial, we should also be championing it. And in doing so, we would be providing what Barack Obama would call a “teachable moment” about the real history of slavery in not only the Western World, but also in the history of all mankind.

One should note that the Jesse Jacksons of the world have only been trying to get reparations against White European nations. But for this to work as a really teachable moment, it would have to be tried in a multinational court and consider the global scope of slavery. And “progressives” do not want this for the following reasons:

Liberals of all stripes have been trying to rewrite world history of many countries. Our liberal friends have tried to change the Holy Bible to say the descendents of Joseph were not slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt but were actually paid laborers.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Is guilt passed down through the genes?

If so, let's start with the ancestors of the blacks who owned slaves. If they pay up I might kick in a few bucks.

[blueplum]

we cannot have a “trial” about slavery and reparations by only focusing on the USA. If anyone should pay reparations, it should be the African/Arab countries who invented the trade and sold away their nationals, and, who were responsible for over a million people being slave-raided from Europe. And since that will never happen, it’s time to put the reparations argument into a grave where it belongs.

[Cementjungle]

How can you have a trial with no witnesses?

[Hot Tabasco]

But conservatives should not only welcome the concept of a reparations trial, we should also be championing it. And in doing so, we would be providing what Barack Obama would call a “teachable moment” about the real history of slavery in not only the Western World, but also in the history of all mankind.

Affirmative Action was the defining "teachable moment" in history and where did that get us? No where!

In the past 15 years a new minority class demanding equality surfaced and they are the homosexuals and lesbians which are now followed by the mentally ill "transgenders". And we haven't even begun to see the demands for equality from the increasing Muslim population that is flooding this country.

The societal and moral fabric of this country has been fragmented and the decay that is guaranteed to follow will destroy this country.............

There is no solution to the problem that has been thrown upon us by our government..We're too far gone.

[SaraJohnson]

We should recognize that we have dumped trillions in welfare and special education and given unconstitutional preferences to the black race - some with slave ancestors and some not. Just because of their race. They did not suffer slavery.