The lead article by Ta-Nehisi Coates makes a strong argument for our paying reparations to the blacks in America. He contends that we would not have achieved our greatness had we not penalized the blacks. He asserts, "Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole."
The article got me thinking how prevalent the discrimination was in our history. In Coates' telling just about everybody in this country hurt and profited from the blacks. For the past 25 years John Conyers has introduced a bill in Congress to create a Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Coates wants the bill enacted now.
Have we paid the Indians enough for what we did to them?
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