Now then, they aren't going to stop there. Because in the liberal mind, it's the 'evil' Republicans, especially the Conservatives, who are really responsible for the plight of the blacks.
And these Republicans will not be let off the hook. It will now be the dems, assuming a 'moral highground' who say, "OK, even though we are innocent of any wrong doing, we magnaminously paid up. Now it's time to go after the real scoundrels...the Republicans!"
They stir up public sentiment to their 'new' cause, (remember, the facts are irrelevant to them), corral all democrat politicians together until 'justice' is served, and pass something like a 'Reparations Redemption Act' in the U.S. Congress.
To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me to see them make this a major issue before 2004. With our nation's 'first black president' & Hillary standing at it's forefront.