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Without acknowledgment, the "But how can it be done fairly?" comments and questions seem like thinly veiled attempts to deny the damage done and/or claim that reparations shouldn't happen.
Chattel slaves and their descendants were obviously screwed over (to put it very mildly) for centuries, and reparations are long overdue.
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Who has claimed reparations shouldn't happen?
Chattel slaves have been oppressed for millennia. The United States shed it's colonial past in 1789. The Constitution acknowledged the problem with the 35ths clause, and it was finally sorted out in the 1860s. That's less than 100 years.
I suggest you consider a wider context.
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https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Triangular_trade
Triangular trade - Wikipedia
This trade, in trade volume, was primarily with South America, where most slaves were sold, but a classic example developed in 20th century study of the triangular trade is the colonial molasses trade, which involved the circuitous trading of slaves, sugar (often in liquid form, as molasses), and rum
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Learn about the connection between the Democrat party and the Ku Klux Klan.
Learn about the Democrat LBJ 'War on Poverty' (and 'wars on ... in general) and the destruction wrought by the crack cocaine epidemic.
You will see why those chattel slave descendants are currently leaving the 'plantation'.
Thank you for continuing to engage on the question.