I think a big part of what puts people off (non-black) from reparations is the fact that most people bring it to the table as a means that ALL non-blacks should pay to black Americans. I think we could get a more strong voice and movement if we target the right people. Not all white people in America owned slaves. It was the rich that did. It was the ones that owned farm land that did. These are the families that have had generational wealth off the backs of black American's ancestors and these are the people who should be paying out those reparations. The Biden family owned slaves. The Bush family owned slaves. It seems most wealthy politicians had family that owned slaves. A lot of corporations were started off the backs of slaves and those owners had plenty of them on their land. These are the same people that are known for evading taxation. The same people that are known for using the system to advance. The same people that want to keep black people in poverty.
I am a fairly realistic and rational person. I know black people have never been treated fairly by the system but I also know who runs this system and who benefits the most from it. The families that have hoarded their wealth for generations all had a lot of slaves and most of them DID NOT want to give them up.
If we target the people most at fault, the ones that benefited the most, I think we stand a better chance at actually getting our people what they are owed. I come from a family of immigrants so I won't be owed anything but I want the families that suffered for decades and still suffer to be owed what they were promised.
Thoughts?
I am a fairly realistic and rational person. I know black people have never been treated fairly by the system but I also know who runs this system and who benefits the most from it. The families that have hoarded their wealth for generations all had a lot of slaves and most of them DID NOT want to give them up.
If we target the people most at fault, the ones that benefited the most, I think we stand a better chance at actually getting our people what they are owed. I come from a family of immigrants so I won't be owed anything but I want the families that suffered for decades and still suffer to be owed what they were promised.
Thoughts?