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Time to make amends. 
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You personally are not harmed by things that happened 400 years ago.  Systemic racism TODAY does harm you.  I think this is an important distinction that the premise of "reparations" obscures.    [/quote]

That's a good point. Are we trying to remedy current problems or are we trying to atone for past wrongdoing? I mean, you can say "both," but [b]at some point the remedy for current problems might be at odds with atoning for past wrongdoing[/b] -- you'll have to know whether which priority to favor in that situation. [/quote]

The sins of the past and the sins of the present have resulted in a significant wealth gap. How would correcting that be at odds with anything? 
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Of course those two aims can conflict. Even in the hypothetical person with one black grandparent and three white grandparents. Is that person in or out, and why? [/quote]

How about we limit it to people who are currently dealing with the brunt of 400 years of white supremacy in the US? "residual harm"
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So no reparations for UMC black people.

Got it.[/quote]

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