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[quote=Anonymous]There are arguments to be made against reparations but "my family wasn't here during slavery and Jim Crow so I shouldn't have to pay" isn't one of them.

When you become a citizen of a country you take on the burdens and the benefits.

Your family wasn't here during the American Revolution and the drafting of the constitution but you want the freedom and the rights.

You weren't here during the building of the railroads and the interstate highway system and our major cities and farming towns or any of the other major initiatives that made America what it is but you want to benefit and you pay the taxes.  If the city where you live has to pay out to settle a suit you pay for it, even if you moved in after the offense was committed.

If you want to excuse yourself from the (alleged) debt of reparations because you and yours didn't contribute to the systems and structures that ran it up, you should similarly be ready to excuse yourself from the dividends of America because you and yours didn't contribute to building the foundation that makes those possible.[/quote]

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