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Slavery reparations are just another elite political ploy to avoid tackling the real race problems in America

Hryce, Graham
http://www.rt.com/op-ed/521472-slavery-reparations-political-ploy/

Publisher:  RT
Date Written:  19/04/2021
Year Published:  2021  
Resource Type:  Article

Unfortunately for black Americans, be they descendants of slaves or not, slavery reparation payments -- even if Congress ultimately sanctions them – will do nothing to alleviate black poverty, or ease the bitter ongoing racial tensions that continue to tear American society apart on a daily basis. In fact, the entire slavery reparations issue is nothing more than an ideological smokescreen, behind which America’s contemporary ruling elite can continue to avoid confronting the race issue that they have consistently refused to meaningfully deal with for centuries.

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Paying compensation to a segment of the black community will do little or nothing to deliver “racial equality” in America. A crude monetary “fix” is not the solution to that seemingly intractable problem. Nor will reparation payments deliver even a modicum of economic equality for American blacks.

There are also a number of compelling arguments against making reparation payments, including the following:

1. There is something inherently duplicitous about contemplating paying compensation in respect of an oppressive system that was abolished over 150 years ago while blithely ignoring the current economic and social disadvantages that cripple black communities in America.

2. Drawing a distinction between black descendants and non-descendants of slaves is inherently unfair, because these categories ignore disparities of wealth and social status. Why should a millionaire politician who happens to be a slave descendant receive compensation, but a poverty-stricken janitor who is not a descendant be ineligible?

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