The damages African Americans have sustained from White America because of slavery have been agonizing and inhumane. Therefore I am in favor of reparations for African Americans. The effects of slavery have been an enduring issue within the Black community. Many of us are cognizant of the harm racism has done to the African American race in which it has conveyed itself through slavery, racial segregation and discrimination. African Americans have suffered many atrocities but the greatest damage done to Blacks is the destruction of our original identity. African Americans have no native language or any African customs to connect them to Africa. Blacks are connected together because they all share a common foundation, the horrendous experience of slavery, and the great effort to conquer its lingering result.
The United States government should pay reparations to African Americans as a means of admitting their wrong-doing and making amends. Americans should realize the magnitude of slavery consequences on African Americans as a whole. Blacks were brainwashed and stripped of self-esteem from the dark color of their skin to their facial features. Many African Americans have effortlessly tried to advocate "Black Pride", trying to instill self worth and being proud of our distinct statures. African Americans had zilch to begin with after the abolishment of slavery in 1865. Slaves were promised a mule and 40 acres and they didn't live to receive it nor did generations following; because the American government has yet to live up to its word. The fruit of the slave's labor was stolen from the "land of the free" country. The victims of the monopoly African slave trade never experienced such freedom. This race deserves compensation for the mistreatment it has suffered and continues to endure. Paying reparations to the .
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descendants of African American descendants would bring about a tremendous improvement for the advancement of Black America.
"The case for Reparations", by Charles J. ... The author is obviously an avid supporter for the case of reparations. ... The case for reparations is not all that recent. ... Reparations become a tricky argument for anybody to debate. ... If a trust fund is set up where only those with claims can receive reparations, my question is what is kind of claim would receive reparations? ...
The conflict for reparations first emerged at the conclusion of the Civil War, when President Andrew Johnson reneged on Union Army Gen. ... The reparations battle was never under the microscopic eye of society until recently. ... Such as: "Germany paid reparations to Israel for the crimes of the Nazi Holocaust. ... "Slave Reparations." 2002 http://www.jdhauser.com/Slave%20Reparations.htm. Online. 7 Feb. 2003 "What's the Legal Basis for the Reparations Lawsuit?" ...
Reparations or Not? ... Finally, giving reparations would only cause more problems in the future for our country. ... We have to remember that this issue is bringing in a new aspect of reparations for anyone. It is not reparations, it is reparations for descendants. ... "Those reparations were generally paid to actually victims, not their distant descendants" (Northeast). ...
On a more legal level, slavery reparations stray from the personal demoralization that Williams mentions of being a black and wanting slavery reparations. ... How would it [reparations law] define the beneficiary class? ... In a college run advertisement about why reparations are a bad idea, he writes that "reparations have already been paid' in the form of welfare, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Acts, and racial preferences- (qtd. in "Slavery Reparations- par. 4). ... There is no justification as to who will get reparations. ... The Bill makes the most sense in the fight for repa...
Slavery and Reparations Despite the fact that slavery officially ended over one hundred years ago, there remains discussions of owing slaves" families reparations. ... White's article, "Don't Waste Your Breath," he argues against reparations. On the contrary, Vincene Verdun's article, "To Right an Old Wrong: Potential Defendants for Slavery Reparations are Still Around," defends and supports reparations. ... Even though White and Horowitz have different viewpoints on the reparations issue, White applauds Horowitz for making reparations a story worth fighting for (574). ... He ...
The African Reparations Movement is the leader for this argument, they believe that the country of Africa should receive reparations for slavery. ... David Horowitz, in a unpublicized paper on reparations, states that Americans have indeed paid reparations to African-Americans by giving their lives in the Civil War. ... Because people do not understand reparations, the reparations movement will not progress. ... When I began, reparations to African-Americans were the only reparations I knew of. The country of Africa must receive reparations. ...
African Americans Should Receive Slave Reparations. The issue of slave reparations has been a controversial topic for U.S. citizens for several years now. ... The United states government has paid reparations to other groups that were mistreated. ... Reparations should be payed to the descendants of African American slaves. ... There are many excellent reasons to support reparations for Blacks in the United States. ...
Reparations are a promise to keep. ... Others forms of reparations include formal apologies and changes in government policy. ... Today, reparations more often involve government's payments to people it has mistreated. ... This agreement became a model for later reparations demands (Copper). ... Should only the white descendants of slaveholders have to finance these reparations? ...
Reparations are a promise to keep. ... Others forms of reparations include formal apologies and changes in government policy. ... Today, reparations more often involve government's payments to people it has mistreated. ... This agreement became a model for later reparations demands (Copper). ... Should only the white descendants of slaveholders have to finance these reparations? ...