Question

What is your position on the issue of reparations and restitution to African-Americans to help offset the historical legacy of slavery and racial segregation in America since 1865? Do you think the US government in 2020 should provide some sort of monetary reparations to African-Americans as compensation for the legacies of slavery and ongoing institutionalized racism?

Answer 1

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Central to the idea of the American Dream lies an assumption that we all have an equal opportunity to generate the kind of wealth that brings meaning to the words “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” boldly penned in the Declaration of Independence. The American Dream portends that with hard work, a person can own a home, start a business, and grow a nest egg for generations to draw upon. This belief, however, has been defied repeatedly by the United States government’s

Answer 2

No I do not think we should pay reparations and restitution to African Americans to make up for the mistakes of our forefathers. None of the people alive today were slaves or and neither were any of their parents. It is to far removed from when it happened. If we do that are we also going to pay back reparations and restitution to Native Americans that were pushed off of their land, killed, salughtered and even enslaved when Europeans came here, do we pay back to the Irish men who were treated un fairly simply because they were from Ireland. Or how about Japaneese for the way we placed them in encampments during the war.

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