Emancipation Act

Originally posted by Surtur
The problem is you didn't actually tell us what the hell you were talking about until just now. So you are saying 150 years ago slave owners got reparations from the feds? Okay, it's shitty and stupid, but has no bearing on the current state of affairs in the world, right?

If you want people to say it's silly, it is. Just like giving out reparations to people in the present day, giving it to slave owners is stupid too.

It has a lot of bearing on the current state of the world. Financial and societal standing doesn't just reset with the next generation it ripples through time and compounds as well.

Originally posted by Bardock42
It has a lot of bearing on the current state of the world. Financial and societal standing doesn't just reset with the next generation it ripples through time and compounds as well.

Ok sure, the fact 150 years ago we gave slave owners reparations will have major effects on us today. Awesome. Lets talk about it some more. What do you want to do about it? Give a solution that doesn't involve giving people currently alive today reparations., since that is never the solution, but I'm sure you have one, so what would you have us do?