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CMV: The United States government does not owe African-Americans financial reparations.

This has been an ongoing topic of debate in this election cycle in the US. To be clear, this post is not to say that I condone what white people have done to African-Americans (and other races) over many years. I just don’t see how reparations could ever work economically or socially.

If the federal government were to authorize reparations, there would certainly be unrest in other ethnic communities. For example, Japanese-Americans that were kept in internment camps under FDR would likely wonder why they are not getting the same or similar treatment.

Furthermore, reparations are not the best allocation of taxpayer dollars. It does not seem logical for innocent citizens to have to financially subsidize the wrongdoings of their ancestors. 

The federal government’s funds and energy would be better spent on addressing and repairing the wage gap between ethnic groups.
gpt
> For example, Japanese-Americans that were kept in internment camps under FDR would likely wonder why they are not getting the same or similar treatment. 

They did get similar treatment. In the 1980s they got 20k each. Adjusted for inflation, that's about 40 thousand dollars today.