I might do at somepoint. It's a weird situation to even approach because even if we were to agree something should be given back for reparations we'd still have to find out "who" gets those reparations.
It's an interesting subject for sure, it has so many angles. Like, most of these kids you see arguing for reparations most likely wouldn't gain reparations because the compensation for the slaves' labour would be an inheritance that goes to their eldest family member such as their father or mother, or even their eldest sibling, right? It wouldn't be a "You black, you get money" type of deal.
Then there's the whole, "should the system pay for the debts of older generations with the present generation's money?" argument as some of the present's generation's didn't have ancestors that were even in the country during slavery.
It is a pretty fun topic to think about, minus the subject matter's obvious terrible past.
Should white people pay reperations?
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I might do at somepoint. It's a weird situation to even approach because even if we were to agree something should be given back for reparations we'd still have to find out "who" gets those reparations.
It's an interesting subject for sure, it has so many angles. Like, most of these kids you see arguing for reparations most likely wouldn't gain reparations because the compensation for the slaves' labour would be an inheritance that goes to their eldest family member such as their father or mother, or even their eldest sibling, right? It wouldn't be a "You black, you get money" type of deal.
Then there's the whole, "should the system pay for the debts of older generations with the present generation's money?" argument as some of the present's generation's didn't have ancestors that were even in the country during slavery.
It is a pretty fun topic to think about, minus the subject matter's obvious terrible past.