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And that's a huge fail. As I have said: my ancestors never owned slaves and in fact fought for the North in the Civil War. And that's why your reparations are a massive pipe dream. It's too entangled since the same US gov't went to war to END slavery.
So there it is, "black man"
Wait a minute, I thought you guys said the civil war wasn't about slavery, which is why we should keep up statues of old dead racists!
Even those who didn't own slaves still benefited from slavery. From the infrastructure they built (Up until 1860, 1/3 of the US Economy was based on slave-industries), from the advantages they got from laws like Jim Crow.
I'm not sure reparations are the answer, but hey, a National Apology would be a good thing.
Reparations are necessary to close the wealth gap created by 4 centuries of racism.