Blacks, apologies, and reparations

[exUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

What do you think of the govt. apologizing to the American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were put in concentration camps, and lost their homes and land, during WWII?

Or the govt. conducting damaging scientific experiments that harmed the participants (who did not give informed consent) and neighboring people?

Of all people, I would think that you Tex would believe in responsibility for your actions.

used in reparations. My family or ancestors didn't own slaves. Why charge me for someone elses misdeeds? Plus half the country was against slavery. Make they pay as well?

The compensation they have been given to date is called affirmative action. That should be enough.