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Does the United States Owe Reparations to the Descendants of Enslaved People? | The New York Times

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Does the United States Owe Reparations to the Descendants of Enslaved People? | The New York Times

The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. What do you think should happen?

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In 1988, President Ronald Reagan sought to “right a grave wrong” by signing legislation that apologized for the government’s forced relocation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II and established a $1.25 billion trust fund to pay reparations to those who were forced into internment camps and to their families.

However, the United States has never apologized for the nation’s treatment of enslaved people and their descendants. What do you think? Do you think that the descendants of enslaved people are owed anything for the wrongs of slavery?