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[PurpleDaze112]

we talked about this in my history class. do you think black people should get reparations for slavery?

I actually do think so, and for these reasons.

1. they were PROMISED
2. slavery was an institution that not only displaced a people, but destroyed their culture and history
3. it would help the economy

reparations would cause each person of african descent (about 36 million in america)to get at least $10k. That would lead to new houses being purchased, cars bought, and educations paid for. Small businesses would be started too. And after all, Jews got reparations from the german gov't because of the holocaust, native americans get money for college from the feds, adn Japanese americans too. Slavery wasn't formally apologized for until bill clinton.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Sure some good came out of it, but at the expense of freedom and in many cases, life.

I'd rather live in Africa than spend 400 years doing hard work and getting beat for it.

[Uronacid]

To Brooklyn:
I missed your question earlier. I don't expect the African Americans to thank white people for slavery. That would be ludacris, however letting the whole slavery thing go might be nice. I'm not saying forget history all together. I'm saying recognize that slavery was abolished more than 100 years ago, and the African Americans of today aren't victims of slavery.

Sure some good came out of it, but at the expense of freedom and in many cases, life.

I'd rather live in Africa than spend 400 years doing hard work and getting beat for it.

In a sense, those people paved the way for future generations. Have you ever been to a third world country? I'd go read up on how unrewarding a life Africa is before you make a statement like that one. Sure there are a few exceptions, however the majority of blacks in Africa are living in real poverty not the USA poverty.

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