San Fran's reparations propsal

[Belsnickel]

(03-24-2023, 01:52 PM)Millhouse Wrote: One of my issues with a plan like this, is why for people today? What about those not yet born? You know, lets say 50 years from now, why shouldn't they get reparations at that time, sort of thing?

Regardless, I will be always against this line of thinking. I didn't have ancestors that had slaves. And many of whom were very poor themselves being looked down upon from others. As a matter of fact, I had 3 ancesters that fought in the Union armies during the Civil War, not that really matters. Because even if I did have ancestors that owned slaves or fought for the South, I should never be in no way responsible for something no matter how horrendous it was over 158 years ago.

Because afterall if we as a people start going down that route on making current generations literally pay for past atrocities like slavery in the New World, the biggest finger should be pointed at those European countries that brought the slaves over here in the first place.

My ancestors in this country were exclusively in non-slave states and/or they were Anabaptists, groups notoriously abolitionist in their viewpoints. I have done enough genealogical research to be confident in this. However, I know that even with that my ancestors leading up to and including myself have benefitted from the systemic oppression that has existed in this country towards people of color, specifically those of Africa descent.

All of that being said, there are much better ways to make up for the damage done to the generations of descendants of slaves that have been prevented from generating the generational wealth due to policies enacted to keep them in a vulnerable position.