Apologies, yes. Reparations, no. Who gets it? How determined? My ancestors came to the US after the Civil War to the North. Why should I have my taxes go to that? What if you are descended from slaves on one side and slave owners in another? Paying for White privilege? The privilege to be called racist because of my white race? The past is done and cannot be corrected. Please don’t the make the present worse by trying to fix the past.
Apologies, yes. Reparations, no. Who gets it? How determined? My ancestors came to the US after the Civil War to the North. Why should I have my taxes go to that? What if you are descended from slaves on one side and slave owners in another? Paying for White privilege? The privilege to be called racist because of my white race? The past is done and cannot be corrected. Please don’t the make the present worse by trying to fix the past.