Proponents of reparations typically argue that substantial payments and a heartfelt national apology would bring some measure of closure on slavery, Jim Crow, and racism in general. Are they right?
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Given the magnitude of the crime, does anyone seriously believe we could just pay up and move on? Does anyone really think that white people are itching to make amends for the sins of their distant ancestors? Did the payment of compensation make the issue of the Korean “comfort women” go away? Did German payments to the victims of the Nazis completely defang the issue?
You already know the answers to those questions. Reparations would further inflame the divisions in this country, not heal them.