Issue of Reparations for Slavery of Africans
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In "Don't Waste Your Breath," Jack E. White argues that although monetary reparations for the enslavement of African-Americans are, in his opinion, the morally just action to take, it is impractical to expect that the United States government will ever actually pay such reparations. The essay is a response to action taken by "right_wing commentator" David Horowitz, who placed advertisements in college newspapers across the United States listing 10 reasons why reparations were "a bad idea for blacks" (White 573). While White disagreed with Horowitz that reparations would pose problems for Black Americans, he nonetheless appreciated the publicity that Horowitz's actions brought to the issue and apparently attempted to use some of that publicity to make his own voice heard on the subject. The essay was first published in Time magazine in March 2001.Throughout the essay, White argues that expecting slavery reparations in the United States is impractical for several reasons. First, he notes that most White Americans today are descended from people who immigrated to the United States after the Civil War (White 573). Therefore, h
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