Okay, here are some points I didn't see mentioned.
1) Not all black people are here as a result of slavery.
2) Not all white people owned slaves, some even disagreed with slavery. Go figure.
3) Some white people in this country were not here during the time there were slaves.
4) Not all slaves were black, look at the Chinese who built the railroads and were enslaved in the west.
5) There were some black people who actually sold family members into slavery.
6) Some slaves, while not originally here of their own free will, when set free, chose to stay with the family they served.

Yes, what some people in the past did was deplorable, but the thought that reparations will make amends is ludicrous. How would you propose that someone prove who are true descendants of slaves? And why should anyone be made to pay for the mistakes of their forefathers? If you were a descendant of a murderer, should you be punished, being made to pay restitution damages to their family (families)? No. This is no different. My family did not come to this country until after the civil war, so why should I have to pay for the sins that are not even a part of my family's history? Justify that Bobert!


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http://overlawyered.com/archives/01/sept1.html#0906c