Reparations

The two articles we read were two people's points of veiw on reparations to black people whos ancestors were slaves. In the first article the author Mark Brown, a Sun Times columnist. His main point in his article is that people think of slavery being something in ancient history but in reality it is only a few generations away from us. He went through his family tree and discovered that his family owned slaves at one point. He does not believe he owes anyone money for what his "great-great-great-great-grandfather" did. The other article "The Case for Reparations" the author is Charles j. Ogletree jr. This author believes in reparations for blacks whos ancestors were slaves. He believes that the reparations made should not be "in the form of individual checks." but rather in communities where "damage has been most severe."

Out of these two articles i most agree with the second article. I believe there should be some type of reparations for people whos ancestors were slaves. I dont think that all white people whos ancestors owned slaves should have to write a check to a black person whos ancestor were slaves but rather there should be donations from anyone who would like to contribute. The money should go into rebuilding poor black communities becaus they are the ones who need money. In the second article the author says the money should benifit poor people not "the Tiger Woodses and Oprah Winfreys." I also believe that money shouldnt be the only type of reparations. Things such as afermative action allows more black people to get into college allowing them to have more job oppertunities and financial success.