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Reparations are not a good idea because if you look through history, everyone owes someone somthing. We lied to the Native Americans and stole their land, we enslaved or virtually enslaved the African Americans, the Irish, the Jewish and even the lower class English. The Africans captured and enslaved other Africans both to sell to white people and to keep for themselves. The British and Spanish transported the slaves and kept some for themselves. Hell, if you look back far enough don't most of us deserve reparations because the Romans took over our ancestors' lands? Why don't we hunt down all the Roman's descendants and make them pay?
I'm willing to admit that my ancestors probably mistreated African Americans once upon a time. Now is not that time, though. Those who suffered are long since dead and those who inflicted the suffering are long since dead. How will this help anyone?
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