The Constitution is always open for self-interpretation, therefore I will tell you what I see in these amendments. The first amendment states that each U.S. citizen is protected from cruel and unusual punishment. When you look back, slavery was a form of punishment in itself. Slaves were whipped, lynched, beat, and forced to endure many misdoings on the parts of their masters. If that isn't cruel and unusual then explain to me what is. The latter amendments ban slavery except for punishment for a crime, and they also line out the rights of citizens. .
To me, America refuses to acknowledge or engage in any debate concerning its role in slavery at the beginning of its founding and the resulting attitudes it has towards its own Black African descendants. This is somewhat bewildering because America, along with other nations, has taken part in some reparations to other distinct minorities. Such as:.
"Germany paid reparations to Israel for the crimes of the Nazi Holocaust. In fact, the creation of Israel is considered "repayment" for the centuries of suffering brought on by persecutions and dispossessions. .
After 50 years of similar denial, Japan finally apologized for its wartime atrocities.
Speaking of the Japanese, the USA has apologized and given restitution to Japanese Americans for internment during the Second World War. .
In 1995, the Queen of England signed a compensation act that required New Zealand to compensate the Maori people for lands seized by British settlers in 1863. She apologized for the crime and recognized a long-standing grievance of the Maori people. .
In February of 1992, Pope John Paul II visited the slave dungeons of Goree in Senegal and begged forgiveness from the highest authority: "From this African sanctuary of black pain, we implore forgiveness from Heaven"(Hauser). .
Before I continue to write, I want to make one thing perfectly clear: since being born in this country in 1985 I have enjoyed much that this country offers to me and my family.
"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? ...
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. ...
Therefore I am in favor of reparations for African Americans. ... The United States government should pay reparations to African Americans as a means of admitting their wrong-doing and making amends. ... Reparations would bring African Americans justice and economic power in this country. ... The government of the United States has also already paid reparations to the Japanese-Americans who were detained in concentration camps during World War II. ... America's attitude and silence on reparations reeks of hypocrisy. ...
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? ...
