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Racist Reparations
July 26, 2020
Many Americans died to end slavery
There has been a lot of talk about white folks needing to
pay reparations to black folks in order to make amends for the legacy of
slavery in the United States. One definition of “reparations” I found was:
“the making of amends for a wrong
one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been
wronged.” -- Google “definition of reparations”
Where exactly are there any living black Americans today who
were actually harmed personally by slavery? I don’t see any. Pretty sure all
those folks are long since dead and buried.
As to the modern descendants of those black Americans who
were truly wronged by slavery, a pretty good argument can be made that no
matter what happened in the past, modern African Americans have far more
opportunities in America today than they would have about anywhere else. Modern
immigrants of color refute by their success that racism or skin color is truly
an impediment to success in modern America.
As far as slavery goes I don’t think there are any modern
Americans who have any real claim on anyone else based on what happened over a
century and a half ago. From a political standpoint I think the motivation is
obvious. One political party is getting a little nervous about keeping the
black vote in line and are looking for some way to buy it for a little longer.
The other side of the equation is trying to find any white
people who are guilty for the sins of slavery today. Maybe if you go out to
some old cemeteries and start digging up the bones of long dead slave owners
you can find the culprits, but doubt that would be very profitable for anyone.
Also are you going to dig up some of those old slave owners
who were black? See Slavery
where I talk about how there were free blacks and native Americans who owned
black slaves.
A lot of Americans never owned slaves and lived in parts of
America where slavery had been outlawed. A lot of those folks died in America’s
bloodiest war to end slavery in America. A lot more Americans had ancestors who
came to America after slavery had ended and their families had no part
whatsoever to do with slavery.
As far as I can tell those yelling the loudest about paying
reparations believe that all white people should have to pay. That idea is
fundamentally racist to the core. Basically they are saying white folks are
guilty because they are white, regardless of their own personal actions or
those of their family for generations past. People who say that are as racist
as any KKK member and should be morally condemned by any rational person,
regardless of their skin color.
How could we possibly implement reparations today except by
basing it on race? That is racist.
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