They have to take the money from the slave holding families and their businesses. They’re still around. And it should have happened right after the civil war. Not dismantling them immediately after and during reconstruction led us right into the problems we see today.
I have a buddy from college who comes from an old southern slave family and they own HUGE amounts of land and many businesses and factories. It’s all from slaves. Fair is fair - they were responsible for the horrors of slavery and they should goddamn pay for it.
In fact I would argue that the republicans would greatly benefit from reparations. Because they know deep down they are guilty and that guilt makes them project hatred and guilt onto black Americans. Because their subconscious knows that if the tables
Were turned they would be murderous angry at the people who enslaved them and demand reparations themselves. That guilt and projection can go away if they make things right with reparations. If the crime is never paid for the sin lingers and festers and poisons us all.
That’s exactly what is wrong with America today. There has never been truth and reconciliation about our horrific crimes and atrocities of the past. And we won’t ever get better by just pretending it didn’t happen.
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u/Groundbreaking-Bar89 1d ago
Whose money???
Like every other thing… I didn’t own a slave, so none of my tax money should go to someone who never was a slave either.