Reparation For African Americans
Summary
Reparations for African Americans is increasingly an issue for
consideration. The question of reparations dates back to the period of
reconstruction beginning with the proposal of 40 acres and a mule and has been
an ongoing issue ever since then. The idea is not new for African Americans,
many proposals have been made but not one has yet been established.
From a historical perspective, one looks at other groups of people who have
received reparations in the U.S., and wonders why African Americans who have
also suffered in history have not been considered. The U.S. has given reparations
to the victims of Kosovo, Nazi Holocaust, Native Americans, and Japanese
Americans. It is estimated that over 50 million Africans died in the slave trade:
Most died a gruesome death. The US has benefited from the 500 years of slavery
that Africans have worked picking cotton and planting tobacco, however,
ironically blacks can hardly get jobs......
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