> How exactly does present-day affirmative action recompense the victims of racist policies from half a century ago? Referring to five decades in relation to a

> How exactly does present-day affirmative action recompense the victims of racist policies from half a century ago? Referring to five decades in relation to a century makes it sound like a lot more time has passed than has actually passed. > What racism exists now against their children should be remedied. But victimhood is concrete and not something that's passed on from generation to generation. How can it not be? If a parent is traumatized how can that not affect their child? Do you think that the black children from the 50's were not affected by their parents showing up beaten, bruised and bloodied or by seeing their parents hanging from a tree after they didn't come home the night before? Entire generations of people were victimized in ways that are hard to explain to someone who has not lived through it, and acting like everything needs to be calculated as a 1:1 transaction if it is even to be considered is not a constructive way to enter the discussion.