Slavery Reparations Are Wrong

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that
perhaps reparations are not an adequate solution to this situation, and
indeed will only serve to worsen.
Africa is a continent in dire straits. European colonization and
colonialism damaged the native structure and society - some might say that
this simply proves that European man caused, and ought to pay for, the
damages done to Africa and her people. However, I would argue that simply
placing a 'band-aid' blanket over Africa, would serve only to mask their
problems, and relieve us of our guilt. It was this same attitude that the
early European missionaries took with Africa - that they are not capable
of dealing with their own problems and situations. Authors suggest that
reparations should take the form of capital transfers and African status
in the International Monetary Fund (Mazuri, 22). Does this sound like
mending the deep running wounds and damage done to Africa, or like a
transfer of monetary funds in order to "fix" Africa? Indeed, this idea of
presenting ...

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not only further the racial
segregation, but also provide them with a false sense of history, fueling
the animosity. If the rest of the world were to suddenly step down and
bestow upon Africa special privileges and grants, it would only create a
sense among the global village that Africans are 'different' and require
some sort of special assistance in order to succeed. This type of
compensatory system would not only be insufficient to ever repay blacks
for the injustice to them, but also further the rigid separatism that
plagues African Americans today - what they need is equality, not special
programs catered to what guilty-feeling Europeans feel they "owe" them.
Aside from ...

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