Japanese-Americans imprisoned in the United States during the second world war have received repayment, and so has the country of Kuwait from Iraq for their suffering during the Gulf war. The case with Africa is no different. The people of Africa have suffered tremendously, like the people in the other cases but almost no progress has been made for their repayment. .
Groups such as A.R.M seek not only monetary repayment but acknowledgement for what these countries have done and an apology. These groups will never receive the amount of money covering all the deaths and lives destroyed by slavery because the countries involved do not have such money available for such a need. Instead, the people of Africa have asked for money in the building of universities, hospitals and etc. "They also want a railway built for connection of all areas of the continent in an attempt to help trade, as well as having all the artifacts stolen from Africa promptly returned" (African Reparation Movement FAQ's). .
This seems like a very heavy task, but at this very moment President Bush will spend eighty-billion dollars to rebuild and govern Iraq. What makes saving Iraq more important than making up for the devastating mistakes made by our ancestors? The people of Africa have suffered through much worse than the people of Iraq and we are doing almost nothing about it. So far the only progression has been for the people of America. African-Americans are separating themselves from their heritage by asking for reparations. They would take the money from the people in Africa who greatly need help . .
African-Americans in America look only towards filling their own pockets instead of giving the money to the people who truly need it, the people of Africa. All direct descendents of slaves in the United States have died long ago, and the new generation of African-Americans need no monetary repayment for what happened to their ancestors.