I can see providing reparations to anyone who actually was a slave, but not their ancestors. The ancestors of the oppressors shouldn't pay the ancestors of the oppressed, because then the payer is someone who did nothing wrong, and the payee is someone who had nothing wrong done to them. It's just too abstract and distant if neither the payer or the payee actually had anything to do with it.
jamstigator Reviewed by jamstigator on . Slavery Reparations Whats your opinion here? I ask his simply because I saw this http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-35/1152468561277940.xml&storylist=newsmichigan pop up on Fark. Personally, I'm against them in just about every form. Why should we pay for something our ancestors did, something we had no control over. In fact, I shouldn't even say "we", as I'm the child of immigrants, and so I'd be paying for someone else's ancestors fuck ups. Not to mention that working out who gets Rating: 5