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Since the U.K. paid out billions in reparations to the slave owners, maybe they should simply give a like amount to support institutions in the country where the slaves themselves lived. Put it into education, hospitals, etc.
Shouldn't the African countries where black tribes sold those people into slavery be paying?
BTW, how do you keep the people who were not slaves from receiving benefits?
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Originally Posted by arjay57
A lot of the population in Jamaica are the descendants of enslaved people. Just shoot Jamaica a few billion (something equal to the reparations that were paid to the slave owners) and let them put it into education, healthcare and infrastructure.
You won't get a perfect balance but you can at least help even the score.
What about the British who had ancestors that were enslaved in Africa way back thousands of years ago? Why should they pay anything to help someone who had ancestors they may have enslaved their ancestors?
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Sorry, but the idea of reparations for what happened to people who have been long dead is absurd.
Since the U.K. paid out billions in reparations to the slave owners, maybe they should simply give a like amount to support institutions in the country where the slaves themselves lived. Put it into education, hospitals, etc.
Might as well flush it down the toilet. That money would end up in the bank account of corrupt politicians or as high-end cars, mansions and swimming pools.
I think the Slavic people (where the word originated) should get reparations from the decendents of Alexander the Great.....!....
Probably best for each person to write themselves a check for $10 million for reparations.
If we go this route, if you ever had an ancestor that was enslaved, murdered or imprisoned by another group, you get paid while also paying for any act of any ancestor.
Nobody today owes anybody for something that happened before they were born . Get over it , move on .
I'm sure the English could give them all a boat trip back to their home land and $4.00 in exchange for that little piece of dirt that's going to waste.
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