Wil Wirtanen

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/not_so_fast_un_the_us_owes_no_reparations_to_blacks.html

A NOTE FROM TIM:

This is a good article, although he fails to mention that we have had reparations, in the form of affirmative action (which discriminates against white and Asian groups in favor of blacks, primarily) and in terms of the numerous social welfare programs that were put in place primarily to help the black community. Billions have been spent on AFDC, SSI, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, etc. and while these are available to everyone they disproportionately benefit blacks, which was by design. Despite rampant crime and drug abuse the black community is still seeing its life expectancy increase - somethingnot true of white males.

Reparations have been and are still being paid. I don't think anything more is owed.

And another point; who exactly owes what, and who has what coming? There are many African Americans whose parents immigrated well after slavery ended, and there are a huge number of white people who immigrarted after slavery. Why do they owe this - or have this coming - when neither they nor their ancestors had anything to do with it? And we don't punish people for the sins of the father, which is what this is about.

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