Re: Re: The case for reparations

[Louis Proyect]

>Some of the reparation money would go to buy assets or improve the
>financial position of African Americans. A lot of it, however, would be
>wasted by many recipients. Whenever people of limited means get a
>windfall, they tend to waste a good chunk of it. If I won the lottery,
>I know I'd buy a lot of useless junk. Many African-Americans would be
>in improved financial positions, but many others would not.

Racism.

Louis Proyect
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