In My Honest Opinion... Reparations for Slavery
Recently, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has introduced a bill that would begin to look at paying reparations to the descendants of former slaves. This isn't a new idea; there have been a few different pushes for reparations, dating all the way back to the 1860s, 1890s, 1960s, 1980s, and, obviously, more recently as well. While this isn't a new idea, we've never gotten as close to seriously considering and delivering reparations as we have in 2019. Georgetown University voted on April 11th whether they should charge their students a $27.20 fee to go towards a slave reparations fund. I believe that reparations for slavery would be an unnecessary idea. First of all, I am a huge proponent of letting bygones be bygones. I understand our country is built on the disenfranchisement of many groups of people- Native Americans, African Americans, hordes of immigrants- but that doesn't automatically mean we should begin paying them for past transgressions. Reparations