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Old 01-21-2005, 11:43 AM   #3 (permalink)
Lebell
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It took me awhile to internalize that Corporations are not people AND that they are made up of people.

This means that any corporate identity a particular corporation holds is held by those who live today, and not those who controlled it during a particular time in history.

If J.P. Morgan was still holding assets that could be traced to profits made from slavery, then I could see a logical argument for using those assets for racial healing (NOT reparations, however).

As they do not, then I don't see the issue, other than an attempt at good will publicity.
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