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| No | 49% | 1610 votes | Total: 3283 votes | |
| Yes | 51% | 1673 votes |
No
by Jason Young
Created on: June 08, 2007
I'm a 30 year-old black man living in Oregon. This year my grandfather turns 80 and for his birthday
Created on: February 11, 2009
Restitution doesn't advantage the disadvantaged; it only assuages our guilty consciences. When we pay
by Rex Coker
Created on: September 14, 2007 Last Updated: August 17, 2009
I sit here at my desk most days, and ponder in deep thought as to why the world is reopening old wounds
Created on: February 04, 2008
The issue of reparations to descendants of slaves is a sensitive issue. The question whether blacks
Created on: November 07, 2009 Last Updated: November 11, 2009
There is a multitude of reasons why America should not pay restitution to the descendants of slaves.
by Hope Darby
Created on: May 20, 2008
When Germany is forced to pay restitution to the descendants of those who were persecuted and killed
by Carly Mack
Created on: January 15, 2009 Last Updated: March 19, 2009
The article you are about to read will probably be unpopular. It is a point of view that is shared by
Created on: August 10, 2007
African Americans - and particularly the descendants of slaves - certainly deserve justice. But restitution
Created on: August 19, 2007 Last Updated: August 23, 2007
The idea in itself simply is not feasible. First of all, those getting rewarded have not actually suffered
Created on: July 10, 2009
Hundreds of years ago, innocent people residing on the continent of Africa were randomly whisked
Created on: August 07, 2008
The President of the National Urban League Marc Moriel asked the following question "What steps should
by Susan Jiosa
Created on: October 12, 2009
Let's answer that question with other questions so we can see just how stupid it really is.
1) Should
Created on: April 01, 2008
Hell NO! First, let me say that I am 1/2 Native American and a smidgen black. My Great-Grandmother was
Created on: July 26, 2009 Last Updated: August 04, 2009
In the last stanza of the poem, still I rise, by Maya Angelou, she writes, "Bringing forth the gifts
Created on: February 23, 2008
The victims of the Holocaust received restitution from Denmark and other European countries in the form
Created on: November 02, 2007 Last Updated: September 10, 2011
The suffering of all peoples in this country dating back to her beginning, cannot be fully known, sorted
by TBAcademics
Created on: March 30, 2008
I am African-American. Let Us (please) Take EMOTION Out of the Argument.
From a LOGICAL, even historical
by C.M. Tucker
Created on: September 11, 2008 Last Updated: February 05, 2012
No. It's been paid already. Yet, the debt isn't completely satisfied. The slavers that captured
by Shirley Love
Created on: March 20, 2010
Should America pay restitution to descendants of slaves? Emphatically, “No!”
Created on: April 13, 2009
It seems to me that Americans have already paid restitution to the slaves. This price was paid in blood;
Yes
by Sonja Romnus
Created on: February 09, 2009 Last Updated: February 16, 2009
"Should America pay restitution to the descendants of slaves?", I believe shouldn't be a question in
Created on: July 08, 2007 Last Updated: August 25, 2009
The restitution movement for slaves began some time ago, however, the movement was fueled after Congress
Created on: June 07, 2010
Of course, America should pay restitution to the descendants of slaves, regardless of the complaints
Created on: April 21, 2009
Historically government and big business has gone hand in hand commencing with the rise of American
Created on: January 26, 2008
Should we, or should we not, that is the question. We've given to this debate a history of bickering
by Laurel Moore
Created on: March 29, 2008
There are a lot of people that feel giving blacks restitution is unwarranted because they subscribe
by Nike-Crazed
Created on: June 14, 2007
This is an issue that requires a mature mind. the subject of restitution will never be at the forefront
by Nina Keeply
Created on: January 21, 2008
To fully understand where the idea of black or African-Americans receiving some sort of restitution
by Olivia Aroma
Created on: June 11, 2007
Black people, or as they should be called, Americans of African descent should be given restitution.
Created on: September 21, 2008 Last Updated: October 21, 2008
A FORM OF REPARATIONS
Could America reclaim a little of it's soul by electing our first black president?
by five9hitman
Created on: September 11, 2008 Last Updated: October 24, 2008
Did we pay the Indians?
Yes we did...why?....because they found a loop hole in the constitution. Paying
Created on: July 01, 2009
I think the government should pay restitution to the descendants of slaves because slavery has not ended
by Lovella Grey
Created on: February 26, 2008
I believe that Black Americans should be given restitution, but not in the way that those against it
by Eva Pearce
Created on: January 11, 2008
Yes...and no. In any case of injustice a debt is owed. The problem with restitution for slavery is that
Created on: June 19, 2008
Hell YES! America has benefited greatly from slavery. And the ramifications of slavery are still being
by Firy
Created on: July 13, 2007 Last Updated: September 18, 2008
Blacks Should be Given Restitution by Those who Owe it to Them.
If you take away from someone what does
Created on: June 03, 2007
African Americans have suffered since the ancestors of today's so called Americans [Anglo-Saxon Americans
Created on: June 19, 2007
Recently I've been spending time working on my family tree. Through my research, I learned that I was
Created on: January 08, 2009
There have been many crimes committed in America, but none has been as devastating as the slavery of
by S. L. Wilson
Created on: December 28, 2007
The civility and decency of a man is determined by his reactions and responses to any given situation.