"Skywise" wrote in message
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I'll second that. I'm sick and tired of the descendents of
the slaves demanding recompense (in whatever form) from the
descendents of the slave owners. Were you personally enslaved?
Were you personally a slave owner? I thought not. Remember the
past, yes, but get over it.


Are the descendents of the slaves demanding recompense from only the
descendents of the slave owners? I thought the reparations effort was to
gain compensation from the federal government, which would presumably obtain
it from general revenue. That would have all taxpayers paying reparations,
not just those that are descended from slave owners.