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Originally Posted by politicophile
For example, people who favor reparations to be paid to descendents of slaves think that I, as a white person, have a responsibility to counteract the injustices committed by members of my race in past centuries. This kind of thinking leads to racism on both sides, as well as hostility.
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Consider a more recent injustice where many of the parties involved are still living. Japanese-American citizens had their property and assests seized and were forced into intern camps during WWII. When the war was over, their homes and businesses were not returned to them.
I believe there is general agreement today that bit of history was a moral low point for our country. Restitution should have occurred 60 years ago.