1) Slavery ended 150 years ago, not 300. 2) Second and third-generation descendents of slaves are still alive. In other words, people who conceivably would hav

1) Slavery ended 150 years ago, not 300. 2) Second and third-generation descendents of slaves are still alive. In other words, people who conceivably would have benefited directly from their grandparents or great-grandparents receiving substantial reparations. 3) Reparations have been called for for more recent attacks on Black American rights and economic wellbeing; discriminatory and destructive public policy that dates back decades but that also goes up to, at least, the predatory lending practices backed by the government in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, which saw black-owned wealth in America cut in half.