• KevonLooney
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    3 months ago

    those ancestors may not have been given a choice whether or not to come here

    That’s like saying the Holocaust is just a issue of unpaid labor. Rape and abuse for generations is a more appropriate description.

    Slavery is literally a crime against humanity. While we can’t punish the perpetrators, reparations are actually a good way to apologize. Plus it was literally promised to freed slaves.

    Native Americans get sovereign land and no taxes. The Government of Germany literally pays Holocaust victims. The US government can pay descendants of victims of US slavery.