Should the US provide reparations for slavery and Jim Crow?

[sofa king]

8. Absolutely.

Are black people still shot in the streets by police? Are they corralled into bad neighborhoods? Is unemployment higher among them? Do they trail in educational opportunities? Are they disproportionately represented in prisons? Are they still treated as second-class citizens? Are districts gerrymandered to reduce their representation in government?

If the answer to any single one of those problems is yes, then it means the United States is guilty of permitting African-Americans to be unfairly treated. If the answer is yes to most or all of those questions, it means that African-Americans have been deliberately treated unfairly.

Deliberately treated unfairly by the United States, God damn it! We should be ashamed of ourselves.

Our nation has a duty to level the playing field and end this unfair treatment. Reparations may be one of many ways that things need to change positively for African Americans. If we commit to doing it, this question goes away. If we don't, it continues to float around, year after year.

As long as the question persists, the answer is obvious.