Originally Posted by
LaSentinelle
I assume you mean the reparations which African-Americans demand from White people in the US for slavery? Well, the main issue that they have to deal with is to know:
a) Who to pay reparations. Every single black person in the US? What if their ancestors came to the US right after slavery was abolished? Or if they're a 1st or 2nd or 3rd generation immigrant? And even if they somehow manage to prove that that black person's ancestors lived in one of the States during the time when slavery was a thing, how are they going to prove that their ancestors were slaves and not free people?
b) Who is going to pay the reparations? Every single 'white' person in the US? I don't even want to go on about 'what if the white person moved to the US right after slavery was abolished', the problem is that there isn't one consensus on what person can be considered 'White'. Are slavs white? Are MENAs white? Are Italians white? Are Spaniards white? Are Ethiopians white? Are Jews white? What about mixed people? There are mixed people who look 'whiter' that 'purebred' whites. The original idea behind a 'white' person was 'WASP' - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'. Anything else wasn't considered white. I mean, Ben Franklin literally called Swedes, Russians and French swarthy.
c) How are they going to pay the reparations? Is that going to be a special tax? Or like, will they have to donate to their local 'Black community' for further redistribution of funds? Sounds really red to me.
So, that's why people make fun of reparations. It happened like 200 years ago, no slavery victim is alive, their ancestors aren't enslaved, slavery has been outlawed in the US. There's no need for any sort of reparations.
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