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CMV: Reparations should not be payed to African Americans

I'm more or less on the fence with this issue, BUT I see many points raised by anti-reparations proponents to be seemingly valid. First, I am not using the common argument against reparation of "I didn't do anything,  why should I pay?". But I am having trouble disagreeing with the view of  "Neither I nor my ancestors did anything, why should I pay?". This would be in line with the views of white people with immigrant ancestors  (who also went through hardships and discrimination) who did not partake in slavery or discrimination in any form. I often see the comparison of paying reparations to the Jews by Germany and I find that different since those reparations were made shortly after AND everyone or their ancestors in Germany either was a Nazi-supporter or silently compliant during the genocides.

I  know reparations in the U.S. are as much about slavery as they are about recent discrimination from the 1900s. But, it's been long enough that not everyone was around or had ancestors around in the U.S. during that time, and even for those who did, their ancestors weren't necessarily  silently compliant -- they may have even marched with African Americans  to get them their rights. So, why should someone, particularly descendants of immigrants, have to effectively pay reparations to  African Americans. This is a topic that is very relevant to the present time and has come up frequently over the past year or so, so I'd appreciate opposing views to help me to CMV.

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I disagree with reparations but for a different reason: it is not ethical or practical for a government entity to decide between the deserving or non-deserving. The idea of people having to prove how black they are to receive reparations is to me extremely dystopic.