Dear Society,
Throughout all of the wrongdoing in our world’s history, many are deserving of some sort of reparation. Native Americans, Japanese Americans, Jews, and African Americans all have the rights to reparation. While some have received some sort of amends, others such as African Americans are still patiently waiting.
When slavery ended, slaves referred to this time period as “When the break came”. Most were released like cattle and wandered lost. Although they were granted land and mules, which actually never belonged to them, how can a race with such history progress? How could they ever fairly participate within society? Without multiple forms of fair reparations, my race will rarely ever start at the same starting point as those of the majority.
However, if we were given amends, our political system is still embedded with strategic tactics that push our starting point backward as well. So now the question is – which should come first? Fair reparations or a fair system? More importantly, why aren’t we involved in the decisions that affect us?
