Why reparations for African Americans will not work
Introduction
I. It’s hard to say that a nation poured with so much diversity and cultures can understand the meaning of reparations for African Americans.
II. It will be even harder to convince them that they have to pay reparations for a group of people they had no physical attribution in harming to.
III. No amount of reasoning can bring together the physical and emotional division between those who want reparation and those who do not feel reparations is the solution.
A. For years paying reparations to African Americans have been a controversial issue in the United States.
B. The most common question this topic receives is “who will pay the reparations?” since slave owners are all deceased …show more content…
Money will be only a short live solution and will eventually deplete.
B. Reparations should not be expected to lift the social and economic state that many African Americans in lower income neighborhoods face.
i. To handle reparations in this day and age there has to be more consideration and thought put into creating a reparations plan.
V. Lastly, giving out reparations may actual cause an opposite effect.
A. By handling out reparations to African Americans it may cause an upward social and physical change of status.
i. You can compared this to winning the lottery. ii. Many people are actual better off not winning because of the economic problems they faced afterwards from immediate cash spending.
B. Handing out reparations may also deter African Americans and their children from gaining the education they need to survive in the real world.
i. Children will grow up becoming lower human capital in comparison to another children who did take education to their advantage.
Conclusion
I. African Americans have craved reparations for the oppression, injustices they have suffered since the beginning of slavery, but reparations may not be the solution to the real problem at hand because:
A. How will the reparations be paid
Introduction
I. It’s hard to say that a nation poured with so much diversity and cultures can understand the meaning of reparations for African Americans.
II. It will be even harder to convince them that they have to pay reparations for a group of people they had no physical attribution in harming to.
III. No amount of reasoning can bring together the physical and emotional division between those who want reparation and those who do not feel reparations is the solution.
A. For years paying reparations to African Americans have been a controversial issue in the United States.
B. The most common question this topic receives is “who will pay the reparations?” since slave owners are all deceased …show more content…
Money will be only a short live solution and will eventually deplete.
B. Reparations should not be expected to lift the social and economic state that many African Americans in lower income neighborhoods face.
i. To handle reparations in this day and age there has to be more consideration and thought put into creating a reparations plan.
V. Lastly, giving out reparations may actual cause an opposite effect.
A. By handling out reparations to African Americans it may cause an upward social and physical change of status.
i. You can compared this to winning the lottery. ii. Many people are actual better off not winning because of the economic problems they faced afterwards from immediate cash spending.
B. Handing out reparations may also deter African Americans and their children from gaining the education they need to survive in the real world.
i. Children will grow up becoming lower human capital in comparison to another children who did take education to their advantage.
Conclusion
I. African Americans have craved reparations for the oppression, injustices they have suffered since the beginning of slavery, but reparations may not be the solution to the real problem at hand because:
A. How will the reparations be paid