There are many black people who are not the descendants of slaves, or who are not the descendants of American slavery.

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grievance is my ancestors were slaves therefore I should receive compensation 


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But reparations are for grievances. Simply fitting a racial category doesn't qualify a person for reparation of the grievances of 

 people who fit the same racial category. For instance, someone who immigrated to the USA from an African country in the last couple decades doesn't have the same grievances as people who came here involuntarily in previous centuries.

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Reparations for black people: yes or nay?

But reparations are for grievances. Simply fitting a racial category doesn't qualify a person for reparation of the grievances of **some** people who fit the same racial category. For instance, someone who immigrated to the USA from an African country in the last couple decades doesn't have the same grievances as people who came here involuntarily in previous centuries.