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Ok, so reparations paid. Do you think racism will be solved? If no, are more reparation payments required? Or is this a one time payment that allows us to buy o

Ok, so reparations paid. Do you think racism will be solved? If no, are more reparation payments required? Or is this a one time payment that allows us to buy our way out of an obligation to create a racially just society now? What about racism towards those without slave ancestors? Example Chinese people. Example Irish immigrants who sold themselves into indentured servitude and were historically discriminated against. What about people with fractional African DNA? Like for example, I could test myself and be 1% of African descent, even though I'm lily white. Or what happens if you are mostly, say 7/8ths, of mixed Mexican descent but 1/8th African descent?

iofj 11y ago
Plus this is a very slippery slope. What about loans that your great-grandfather defaulted on ? This is a very clear-cut injustice that may be easy to prove. Already student debt gets special (and despicable) treatment in that regard. We really don't want to "make good" on historical injustices. Besides we are being very selective about historical injustices. Do we want to restore the Roman Empire too ? That certainly didn't end in a legal and just manner. The same can be said for essentially any empire. Should we lock all muslims into the one place where they spread without an army, Medina, and restore the Jewish states surrounding them ? "Justice" is just providing more legal rights for whomever screams the loudest, threatens the most violence, ... that sort of thing.