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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the people comparing current reparations to literal ancient history- when you know better, you do better. Black people getting back their stolen property should not make you feel threatened.[/quote]

Is 1851 ancient history?[/quote]

There's never a time limit on grievances.

Most countries in the former communist bloc don't go through restitution for the obvious reason - too much has changed, people are too dispersed, and that's much more recent than the 1860s.

I will say if a family can genuinely prove that direct ancestors had land forcibly taken in various guises and racism was a definite factor, then perhaps the state can determine the modern day equivalent of the land's value at the time of the taking, and divide it among all the known descendants of that family.

I imagine you can see what the problem is. A black land owner 100-150 years ago is likely going to have many descendants today, and the value of the land itself may not be that much.

I'm also sure some of you don't know that a lot of frontier lands in the 18th and 19th centuries had very murky titles and people did buy farmland only to later be kicked off them with no compensation because a bigger bully came along and was able to prove his title, which usually meant being a buddy with the local judge. This happened to Abraham Lincoln's father and was one reason why he left Kentucky for Indiana.

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So racism has to be shown?  Economic exploitation doesn't cut it alone?

Just get on with your lives and stop thinking that being clever about ways to demand stuff from others is going to help you. 
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This. [/quote]

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