Folks, the smarter members of the black liberal intelligentsia want Reparations to die an ignominious death. The more that black liberals agitate for Reparations, the more it becomes an argument about money, not about justice. This works for Republicans, in that it corrodes the "moral authority" of the Race Hustlers.
Basically, the smart politicos know that the minute some company or the Government writes out a reparations check, white, hispanic, and Asian America is just going to think "uh oh, they're putting their hands in my pocket!" And they're right. This is just another wealth transfer scam that a few wealthy blacks (and whites) are positioning themselves to dip into.
The liberal Dems know that this will lead to a fissure in the Democratic Party, as more black liberal Democratic activists warm to the idea of reparations as a deus ex machina. Up and coming Democratic white liberals, especially Clintonoids, will have to put up with and compromise with the looters. One only has to look to Gray Davis' hijinks in the California gubernatorial campaign to see how many white liberals will be affected by this sad attempt at looting.
Be Seeing You,
Chris