Reparations for Slavery | Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery Are a Bad Idea

David Horowitz is president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, a conservative think tank in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of Uncivil Wars: The Controversy over Reparations for Slavery, the source of the following viewpoint, and Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes.

Summary: Claims for slavery reparations are founded on racist ideas that are inconsistent with America’s democratic principles and institutions. Singling out only white Americans as those responsible for paying reparations to the descendants of slaves is unfair...

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