Not this FECES again!

First, I agree with you. Living former slaves should receive reparations.
Now I am going to say something that will pi55 everybody off. For all of the others that think they should get reparations, we can give them a ticket to Africa. I would gladly fund this. They are welcome to go back to where they were taken from.
My family has never in history owned a slave. I am descended from gypsys! But if people want reparations, there ya go. Problem solved.

This is insane. It's not like the African- Americans alive now have been in slavery. This is just a sneaky way to redistribute the wealth. The slavery issue was settled long ago and there is no reason to bring it up again.

I think you'd have a hard time finding a former slave! This has been run into the ground by greedy people. I get tired of hearing this as much as I get tired of hearing the voice of one Jesse Jackson! We all have the same opportunities here in America now. It's just that lots of people don't take advantage of those opportunities.

with all the problems with the economy going on now they should be doing more studies on how to help it not looking for ways to send money to try to fix the past that can't be changed. Just big government looking for another way to waste tax dollars.

It's an odd thing that after all these years of advancement of African-Americans
they still are taking on the slave mentality and looking to someone else to "give" them what they need instead of earning it themselves. You'd thing somewhere along the line they'd shake off the attitude of entitlement and quit yammering about the slavery thing. I know there are plenty of hardworking African-Americans who have in fact pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to make a better life for them and their families. I am not referring to those individuals, but for the others who keep bringing up the slavery issue I think I'm right with my opinion.

I say, if you know your history, then you know when the slaves were freed. The Us offered to send anyone who wanted to go back to Africa back. Many were sent back to Liberia. Here are are a few articles stating that fact:

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/retracing-steps-slavery-hampton-roads

http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/301253

And read this article:

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090206/ENT/702069940

"Founded by freed American slaves in the early 19th century (its capital, Monrovia, was named for president James Monroe), Liberia was an actual republic for many years, although the last 30 years has been a violent era."

So their ancastors could have gone back but choose not too. It is the fault of their ancestors, not present day Americans.

If they want reparations, give them a ticket to Liberia, a hut and $100. Let them see how lucky they are to live in Africa now.

Some people don't know how lucky they really are.

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I don't think black people understand how cruel whites were to one another. They just need to study bushwhackers and see how much pro-north whites suffered so blacks could have their freedom. Bushwhackers were skinning union soldiers and hanging them from trees. Bushwhackers scalped union soldiers among other grizzly deeds. We all know how blacks toiled under slavery but we don't see how the white man suffered so they could have that freedom. They want reparations then maybe some of the ancestors of abolitionist deserve some of that reparation money and thank you.

yeah i totally agree that reparations is more than enough. cause i don't think that many of them are still living . and beside that they have already what they want. i mean their is no more slavery in our present time . our lives now are far different from what we were before. and we equal rights now. i think that some people are just using those issues in the past to get some more financial benefits or gain.

This is a very thorny issue. I know the Germans pay reparations to Israel and have paid money to descendants of victims of the Third Reich that were robbed by the Nazis. Canada has apologized to citizens of Japanese decent that were interned in the interior of British Columbia during the last war. We are also in endless negotiations over land claims by native Canadians who wre cheated out of their land, but what kind of value would Americans put on the damage done to slaves and their descendants?. It is very true that we should be aware of history, learn from the mistakes of the past and as nations try and do better but how far back can a nation go?? The Jews were expelled from Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella and lost their properties.(FERDINAND V (1452-1516), King of Spain, and ISABELLA I (1451-1504), Many people were tortured and put to death during the Inquisition. (1478)The crusaders murdered destroyed and killed.(1096-1270) All of these events left victims and their descendants. So how far back do you go to pay reparations?