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The Problems of Slave Reparations
Title: The Problems of Slave Reparations
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 642 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Problems of Slave Reparations
In a proposed bill to form a commission to examine the institution of slavery, its subsequent racial and economic discriminations, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, Representative John Conyers wrote, “Approximately 4,000,000 Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the United States and colonies that became the United States from 1619 to 1865; the institute of slavery was constitutionally and statutorily sanctioned by the Government of the United States from 1789 through 1865; the slavery that flourished …showed first 75 words of 642 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 642 total…simply cover for another hustle similar to the trillion dollar War on Poverty” (Williams A16).
I feel that enough money has been spent on trying to compensate African-Americans for the wrong that was done to their ancestors during the period of American slavery. It is time to put the past behind us and stop blaming slavery for the plight of today’s African-Americans. They have the same, if not more, opportunities as any white American.
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