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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the argument would be more persuasive if it relied less on concepts of fairness and inequity and focused more on the case for how it will make the U.S. a happier, more functional place to live.[/quote]

That’s a great point.

I think it’d ideally be part of a broader program of social reform with the end goals of:
- housing & education integration 
- equality in health, economics, education, etc.

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I'm an UMC African American and I agree with the PPP. [b]How would reparations make things better?[/b] I'm skeptical. I do think you'll see some institutions try to address reparations head on, like Georgetown University did.

And to the poster that asked about upper middle class Black people, I can provide evidence of missed opportunities due to racism and discrimination that happened to my father, grandfather and great-grandfather. For example, my father had to accept a higher interest loan to move into a white neighborhood (mid-1970s) and also put down a high down payment - the previous white owner liked my dad and had to vouch for him in order for the loan to go through. I now live in this house.  we got lucky with this - meanwhile there is documented evidence in local neighborhoods of whites actively keeping people out - Shepherd Park, the AU neighborhood are some that come to mind.

Great-grandfather owned land in a southern state there were well coordinated attempts by whites in this particular community to use violence to get Blacks to turn over their land - some was lost. A great-uncle in the same state owned a general store and kept his cash savings there because guess what, he couldn't put his money in a bank. The KKK burned the store down and the money went with it. On my fathers side I had two uncles that served in WWII. Guess what, they came home to nothing and couldn't buy homes or obtain good jobs since they went back home to segregated communities. One turned to a life of crime to support himself. Black families have hundreds of stories like this and all of this adds up to equity that was lost and not built and unable to be passed on. Notice I did not once mention slavery - all of this is an outgrowth of slavery and the continued subjugation of Black people.[/quote]

I’d like to see it as a way to increase wealth as part of a larger social reform program that addresses segregation and opportunity gaps. . 
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