I offer this without comment other than to say that Fred Reed is a police reporter for a large Washington newspaper.
Slavery Reparations ……by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr, the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that whites pay reparations to blacks. It’s because of slavery, see.
He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional blacks. I guess he’ll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, “Let me get this straight, Hank. I’m slow. Be patient. You want free money because of slavery, right? I don’t blame you” I’d like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I’ll give you a million dollars for every slave I own, and another million for every year you were a slave. Fair enough? But tell me, how many slaves do you suppose I have? In round numbers, I mean…Say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a slave? ...
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