I've changed my mind about reparations. With a Scottish last name, and living in East Tennessee, I am sure I am descended from those Scotsman enslaved in North Georgia. Can I buy that big screen now, or should I wait for my check?
Actually, what I am considering doing is to start checking 'African-American' any time I fill out a form with one of those boxes. Don't let my pasty white skin and light brown hair fool you. "No, really. I'm black. Of course I can't prove it, they didn't keep records of my slave ancestors." We'll just all claim to be descendants of slaves, and we'll each owe ourselves 43 grand.
"We'll just all claim to be descendants of slaves, and we'll each owe ourselves 43 grand."
Of course, in order to fund the cabinet-level reparation agency, the government will need to collect 4 times what it pays out through this program.