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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But I have a serious problem with justifying correcting today's problems [b]because of what happened 400 years ago[/b].  [/quote]

Why do you repeatedly refer to “400 years ago”? Seems like an attempt to falsely create distance from the very recent atrocities in our country. 
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Because that's the justification for "reparations," in the article.  The justification is that BECAUSE this has been going on for 400 years, black people are entitled to something.  That's very different from saying George Floyd's family should be compensated or we should reform the police today.[/quote]

Saying [i]"because of what happened 400 years ago"[/i] is very different than [i]"because of what has happened for the last 400 years"[/i] - and given how precise you are with language it appears that you are intentionally distancing the atrocities.

Over what time period do you think the US has systematically oppressed black people and done harm? 
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How old do you think this country is?

Hint: the United States declared independence in 1776.[/quote]

Black people have been transported and oppressed in the Americas for longer than 400 years, but the transatlantic slave trade began in earnest when the first human cargo arrived in Virginia in 1619.
https://time.com/5653369/august-1619-jamestown-history/
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Slavery started in Africa with......... you guessed it......... Africans.

[b]That doesn’t mean here in US they have been pushed down relentless. [/b]

How do fix that? Reparations ain’t it. Nobody (including myself) is going to give up their job, status, wealth, pay more taxes, or any other measure you can come up with to fix what has been happening. Why should I!? I’m an immigrant who has worked hard to have what I have. [/quote]

They HAVE been pushed down relentlessly over the last 400 years.
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