Reparations go beyond closing an economic divide; done well, they close a chapter of American history. They go further than ending an evil, which generations before us did. It is our job now to make restitution for the evil, in economic terms where the wound still festers.

Feb 26, 2019 · 8:02 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
We support your moral call for America to pay restitution for gross human rights violation of Afrodescendants in America. Your message should also state that it's Afrodescendant people who ultimately decide what form damages take.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
You would punish people by making them pay reparations for something they had no part in, to people who were not even part of it. Also how about the Dutch who first started transporting the slaves, Black Slave owners, and there were also white slaves.
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The United States does not owe debts which it did not accrue. And paying reparations for slavery would not punish white Americans; quite to the contrary, it would unleash profound blessings on all of us the likes of which only forgiveness can bestow.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
What do you propose specifically? And are you talking just for descendants of slaves or also descendants of other oppressed communities as well?
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There are certainly other oppressed communities such as Native Americans, whose issues are equally important. But they are separate situations presenting different challenges. Here I am talking about #ados marianne2020.com/issues/raci…
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Okay, no. There is noone to pay the debt and noone who suffered from it directly. What are we gonna do? Reparations can only go from country to country. Not from one group to another. You are gonna start a race war. That doesn't help.
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No, reparations do not go country to country. This is not about starting a race war; it’s about ending one — a subtle, insidious, underground war between those who are owed compensation and those who owe it. As a Jew, I can tell you that wronged ancestors cry out for justice.
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