And just who will they demand pay? My family immigrated to America, to New York, to the Yankee towns, from Ireland and England, only three generations ago. They had NOTHING to do with slavery. And what about lots of blacks, who's ancesters are white? Then blacks should pay towards reparations if they have white in them. This whole thing is wrong and ridiculous. Slavery is over, and many WHITE people died to make it so.
The liberal big government solution will be to create a cabinet level "Department of Reparations." This agency will have an annual budget of several billion dollars just to pay staff (All African-American, of course).
Its mandate will be to decide who pays and who is paid.
Each claimant will need to have their individual claim heard by a judge. (lots of lawyers hired to be judges). Each person being asked to pay will have the same right. Defenses can be that your ancestors only arrived after 1865.
Since some "African-Americans" have white blood, the judge will decide how much these people receive---and what percentage they must pay back because of their white blood. Think of all the legal work this Department will generate! When you add in the consultants and contractors, it can put all of Jesse's people on the payroll without ever paying a dime in reparations!