Reparations for Slavery The video called “The Trillion Dollar Question’’ talked about African American activists who believe the government should pay reparations for slavery. They want the government to pay the African Americans monetary compensation for the many years of slavery of their ancestors. In the video these activists were being interviewed and they declared African Americans are still being discriminated against. Stating they receive fewer benefits than others because of their past. The author of “Black Activists Call Senate Slavery Apology ‘Useless’; Say It Will Empower the Call for Reparations,” writes about an apology made by the senate towards all African Americans due to their ancestors suffrage. The author writes about the activists’ points of view, which is that the government is trying to prolong the reparations process. They also stated the senate should have given the apology a long time ago, and not now. The author of “Even If Millions Rally on the Mall, Reparations Won’t Heal Black America,” disagrees with reparations being paid to African Americans. They state that monetary compensation will not fix what slaves went through. The author mentions that no one who went through slavery is alive, therefore there are no living people who were directly affected by slavery to pay reparations to. It is also logistically impossible to provide reparations to African Americans Because it would also not fix what the black community feels on the issue of slavery. The author of “The Reparations Pipe Dream and The Tax Cut Reality” also disagrees with paying reparations.Some people disagree on giving a tax cut. They disagree because people believe the tax cut would only help the wealthy and harm the welfare programs. However they agree on paying reparations but will have the same outcome. Welfare programs will be harmed due to the large amount of money activists want. I believe that it is not be a good idea to pay reparations.
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I believe that with no living former slaves any reparation payments would only serve to give current African Americans a stronger feeling of entitlement.I am inagreement with the article that it is logistically impossible to pay for reparations. If reparations are paid some welfare programs will be affected, therefore people who live with the help of welfare programs will be affected as well.Ultimately this would cause a negative outcome to happen. Lowering the taxes for people who have ancestors who were affected by slavery would be appropriate. However I do not think anyone should apologize because the government was not involved in slavery. The southern states allowed slavery because it was a major part of the economy. People from today are not at fault for their ancestors who may or may not have owned slaves. …show more content…
The government has worked to achieveequal rights for everyone. They have established EEOC laws (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) for employment. These laws affect not only African Americans but members of all nationalities as well as sexual orientation. I do not believe present day African Americans suffer because of slavery.Every American has equal rights. African Americans have the same opportunities as others to become a successful personin life. The government issues grants specifically to people with a minority background for college. With these funds African Americans, and others, are able to better themselves and prepare for a successful future. No other groups have been enslaved in the United States but Japanese Americans were put in concentration camps because the government believed they were spies for the Japanese during World War II. More than two thousand Japanese Americans were arrested for disloyalty. They were also forced to close down their businesses, getting detained illegally and being fired them from their jobs. They then went to concentration camps where they did not have any of their belongings because they could only take what they could carry with them. In the camps they were able to work, but were paid very little. In March 1946 concentration camps were closed down. Some Japanese Americans returned to their homes, but their homes were destroyed (Japanese Americans in Concentration Camps). While the Japanese Americans went through many hardships during World War II, they however later on were granted reparations. The government sent out
I believe that with no living former slaves any reparation payments would only serve to give current African Americans a stronger feeling of entitlement.I am inagreement with the article that it is logistically impossible to pay for reparations. If reparations are paid some welfare programs will be affected, therefore people who live with the help of welfare programs will be affected as well.Ultimately this would cause a negative outcome to happen. Lowering the taxes for people who have ancestors who were affected by slavery would be appropriate. However I do not think anyone should apologize because the government was not involved in slavery. The southern states allowed slavery because it was a major part of the economy. People from today are not at fault for their ancestors who may or may not have owned slaves. …show more content…
The government has worked to achieveequal rights for everyone. They have established EEOC laws (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) for employment. These laws affect not only African Americans but members of all nationalities as well as sexual orientation. I do not believe present day African Americans suffer because of slavery.Every American has equal rights. African Americans have the same opportunities as others to become a successful personin life. The government issues grants specifically to people with a minority background for college. With these funds African Americans, and others, are able to better themselves and prepare for a successful future. No other groups have been enslaved in the United States but Japanese Americans were put in concentration camps because the government believed they were spies for the Japanese during World War II. More than two thousand Japanese Americans were arrested for disloyalty. They were also forced to close down their businesses, getting detained illegally and being fired them from their jobs. They then went to concentration camps where they did not have any of their belongings because they could only take what they could carry with them. In the camps they were able to work, but were paid very little. In March 1946 concentration camps were closed down. Some Japanese Americans returned to their homes, but their homes were destroyed (Japanese Americans in Concentration Camps). While the Japanese Americans went through many hardships during World War II, they however later on were granted reparations. The government sent out