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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone clarify something for me?  Is the purpose of reparations to redress:

a. damages for the violation of human rights and mistreatment during slavery
b. compensation for wages which should have been paid to slaves for their work
c. mistreatment and discrimination after the end of slavery including the denial of economic opportunities

Or is it not possible to separate this out?

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d. And presumably the costs of housing and feeding the slaves will be deducted.
e. And presumably we can recover some of the costs from the Africans who sold their fellow Africans into slavery.
f. And then presumably reparations will be due Native Americans, Asian Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, etc.  
g.Yes, of course, African Americans (and Native Americans) had it worst.
h. Of course, the citizens paying these bills never owned slaves.
i.  Not sure how we stay united if we head down this path.

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Ironically the people paying the bills will also end up including black taxpayers, descendants of indentured servants, native Americans, recent immigrants to the US and so on.

The biggest issue I have with reparations schemes is who pays / who receives?

You could be African-American, but your parents or grandparents came here from Nigeria or Somalia and were never slaves.  Are you still eligible?    Or you are African-American, but came from the West Indies - your ancestors were slaves, but not by US slaveowners.  Why should the US pay, shouldn't Britain or whatever other colonizing power?

It's so messy.  [/quote]

No it's not messy. We should just do whatever is asked and not argue over any amount especially, since disputing any figure runs the risk of being "racist". Heck, why stop at $5mm a pop. Let's just make it a cool $5bn.[/quote]

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