Reparations

Reparations?

The Democrats in the House are pushing a bill for reparations to Blacks for slavery in the United States.

You may find it interesting that in 1860, when slavery was still legal in the United States, only 4.6% of US citizens owned slaves.

Out of that 4.6% how many descendants of the slave owners are still alive?
Of those that are still alive, how many still own slaves?

How many folks are currently alive in the United States who was a slave?

As part of reconstruction reparations to former slaves the Federal government awarded the 40 acres and a mule. Will those folks be liable for restitution of the current value of those reparations to the Federal government?

About 360,000 Union Soldiers died in the War Between the States that resulted in the abolishment of “unlawful servitude”.Shouldn’t that be considered as part of reparations in addition to the 40 ac res and a mule? What is the life of a Union Soldier worth? Will his descendants be eligible for reparations also?

The majority of current US citizens are descended from families that emigrated to the US between 1880 and the present. That was long after the legal abolishment of “unlawful servitude”. That number includes Asians and Blacks as well as whites. Why would they be liable for any reparations?

Perhaps it is time to desist from driving wedges between our citizens based upon the victim mentality exhibited by stirring animosity between ethnic cultures for political gain.