Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Reparations is best understood as..... Date:   6/8/2019 12:07:22 PM

Unfortunately, they also want a big cash payout for each one.

Over my career, I knew a lot of well educated, productive African Americans, who worried about their kids getting into college and were looking for ways to better their lives.  They certainly weren't looing for a handout.  Even the man in question left the hood, joined the Navy and ultimately achieved the rank of Chief.  When he came to me, at age 30, he told me he had already achieved everything that he set out to do.  I told him that, at age 30, he set the bar too low; and I gave him time to go to college and get his degree.  He has since retired and gone into a very good civilian job.  This was my experience.  And this other group that expects reparations because some distant relative was a slave, is of a whole other mindset - interested in only in a freebie, and refusing to see the opportunities that exist for them.  It really makes me sad.  Even if they got $1M each, they would be broke inside of 6 months.