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Yes, and generations have passed, so that train has left the station, so to speak. Reparations are no longer an acceptable solution.

• mrguyorama 3y ago
  And yet the grandkids of those slave owners sure as hell still profit from their ill gotten gains
  • BobbyJo 3y ago
    > And yet the grandkids of those slave owners sure as hell still profit from their ill gotten gains. Source? I'd venture to guess most have reverted back to mean wealth given downward mobility rates [0] and the time since slavery ended. [0] https://www.chicagofed.org/research/mobility/intergenerational-economic-mobility https://www.chicagofed.org/research/mobility/intergeneration...
    • Alupis 3y ago
      Not to mention so very few families owned slaves back in the day. The way people talk, you'd think everyone had slaves - no, that was a very small minority of ultra-wealthy people. What about people who's families immigrated here post-slavery? Their tax money has to pay reparations too? Reparations is a non-starter. Any discussion or endeavor to push for reparations is a naked attempt to buy votes with lies.