Should the US provide reparations for slavery and Jim Crow?

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33. No. But there should be something else.

The logistics of slavery reparations are impossible. Who gets how much? Calculations back over how many generations? Should a person related to a child born of a slave but fathered by the slave owner get a full amount or half? In the 7, let's say, generations since the abolishment of slavery what if that person had a total of 12 white parents and 2 black? 7 and 7? What if some of those parents were also a mix?

And that's before we even attempt to tackle the question of how much is due? How much should have been paid back in the day? What would that be in todays dollars? What of the living conditions the relatives have been in since? Should there be reparations for that? What if someones ancestors lived in poverty for 5 generations, then generation 6 managed to amass great wealth and the current generation is now in the top 5%? Or the billions of other unique, individual combinations?

I just don't think it's possible to resolve reparations in a way that will sit well with most people.

But something should be done. I think it's obvious that the freed slaves were dumped onto the lowest rungs of society, and the mindsets of dominant elements of society kept them there. The aftershocks of that starting position and later treatment are still reflected today, where blacks are over represented in the demographics of the poor. Efforts need to be made to make vibrant blighted areas, and to properly educate those who have been getting short shrift for more than a century. Efforts need to be made to ensure that future innocent generations won't continue paying the price for our callous nations past.