The History of Reparations

Garbage- selective history to cherry pick which slavery should generate reparations (any where black people were victims) and which should be totally ignored (any where white people are victims). Common factor is no none white majority nations have to hold any responsibility or pay a penny for their foul acts of slavery. (African tribes, Chinese, Asia). When will black majority nations get off their knees and stop following white majority nations around with begging bowls howling eternal cries of self pity and anachronistic victimhood?

Former slaves owned slaves. Look at Liberia's history, for example. The Dahomey Kingdom is another horrific example.

Joshua John Wards family is offering reparations, and rightfully so. Because I never owned any slaves nor any of my ancestors.

For real reparations: they identify an actual victim of the offense in question.
They specify the abuses and damages.
They assign a dollar amount for their compensation.
They pay the victim.
If the victim is deceased; they identify the closest living legal heir and pay them.
What is the name of the victim that you are trying to collect the unpaid reparations for?

Wait a minute, there's a good rumbling of blacks claiming to be native and already in North America before slavery but Origins just said the natives got broke off already. So they need to leave our movement be and storm them reservation and ask them folk where they money at. 😂😂😂😂

How do you not include the theft of Palestine as reparations?

Reparations will eventually be passed for descendants of slaves in the US. The problem, are the current detractors. It's going to cost a lot more money and resources the longer that the US government waits. It's the right thing to do. Do it. Get over it. Watch the economy grow (cause it will), and then reap the benefits of the decision.

Reparations for what? Slavery was a drag and of no profit, Countries that ended slavery always had an increase of GDP after they ended slavery. Except Egypt which was cursed.

Pay with what? We're broke. Ever heard of the deficit??

They did the worst atrocities to black people but somehow feel that it was Gods will for them to inflict those atrocities on black people!

Funding a new fascist project putting another people in concentration camps isn't reparations and associating the genocidal apartheid state of Isreal with reparations is deeply irresponsible

They shut down reparations today in California 🫤🫤

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Just cut the checks we don’t need y’all to tell us what to do with our money and we don’t need it put in no trust just another way of mishandling the money wake up black people just cut the check and less talk we’re done talking F.B.A.

Andrew Johnson, in my opinion, is the worst president in US history.

First off we GAVE black people reparations by fighting for their freedom and gave them rights to become American citizens and the right to vote and in the 1960s we gave black people civil rights and also give them free collage and free welfare and free rent. We also allow them to use that welfare to buy AirPods and expensive shoes and also allow them a free date plan and a free phone which they can sign up for THEY HAVE MORE THEN REPARATIONS

Best argument from a black woman regarding reparations

https://youtube.com/shorts/s5Xqucj2nJI?si=TMFJRphXD4TR2ktA

Unfortunately the tide of the video goes ina specific direction. And didn’t touch on others. The African origin or American slavery seems to left out. Indentured servitude. And blatant slavery of another group, the Irish too. While informative yes this video does seem to paint a picture of and show us the pictures. That’s the difference in history and making an argument.so personally I’m not for reparations right now . Politicians are using it to get votes. California is the prime example.
So much of what the USA has done and made to have its wealth was not and was from slavery. But the reality is separate it from its origins to get at something. We can never say definitive what America would have been without slavery accept one thing I think is. And that European people would have colonized Noeth America regardless of slaves. They were sailing here without slaves farming without them and moving north south and west without them. The slaves were here but not every one had them or depended on them for labor.
So not all families can have direct wealth from them. Even inventions by black in America can’t be perceived as whites owe them or never would have been invented. By the videos own premise some black families would owe reparations too. I don’t think rationalized that to far. Anyway PBS I love your more fact based programs and less the make an argument ones as the bias runs to freely. Take care peace love and good happiness stuff.

But they gave reparations to Jewish people because a lot of them were just Jewish why not just give reparations to African-Americans who cares if they are African-Americans. If they are black they deserve it.