 I know it's in the past, but in order to understand its effects today we have to recognize what were the real life consequences of this past, and how is that impacting people today. So if a slave, who was legally purchased by an owner,illegally ran away causing the owner damages, should they be compensated as well? Perhaps that owner lost his land or whatever. That's an impact of the past right? Also, this is an attempt to eradicate the outcomes or effects of slavery. However, one of the effects of slavery was millions of black people being born in the US. So in my opinion, sounds like the Dems are up to their old tricks again. 00-00-0000, 00:00 PM nastynice Quote: Originally Posted by joeyc00 So if a slave, who was legally purchased by an owner,illegally ran away causing the owner damages, should they be compensated as well? Perhaps that owner lost his land or whatever. That's an impact of the past right? Also, this is an attempt to eradicate the outcomes or effects of slavery. However, one of the effects of slavery was millions of black people being born in the US. So in my opinion, sounds like the Dems are up to their old tricks again. I don't know who owes who what, what I do know is that our system has oppressed people and those people are still dealing with very harsh consequences from that oppression today, and so we need to recognize that if it is something we want to address. 00-00-0000, 00:00 PM Sluggo0 Quote: Originally Posted by joeyc00 So if a slave, who was legally purchased by an owner,illegally ran away causing the owner damages, should they be compensated as well? Perhaps that owner lost his land or whatever. That's an impact of the past right? Also, this is an attempt to eradicate the outcomes or effects of slavery. However, one of the effects of slavery was millions of black people being born in the US. So in my opinion, sounds like the Dems are up to their old tricks again. 