The first subject we wrote about on this organ was the difficult question of reparations for slavery.
When we speak about slavery, we are of course talking of the Atlantic trade from West Africa to the Americas, rather than the huge Arab slave trade from East Africa or any other versions of this heinous and ancient practice.
Why? Because they don’t count, obviously.
Our conclusion was, like all crimes, there should be a statue of limitations for crimes against humanity, specifically, when all parties have died.
In addition, we stated the “to who, from whom?” question is a puzzle that is beyond human comprehension.
To prove this point, let’s welcome Kamala Harris as the Vice Presidential nominee for the Democrat Party.
What’s the problem with this female person of colour, surely this nomination should be perfect for the identity politics of 2020?
Well, to quote Steve Sailer:
“An interesting question is how long until an American political party nominates on its national ticket somebody descended from American slaves. So far they just nominate the children of foreign grad students.”
The point being, Harris is half Indian, half Jamaican. So, similar to Barack Obama, she has the correct skin tone but doesn’t share the heritage of the vast majority of Americans with that skin tone.
Actually, it’s a little worse than that….
Kamala’s Great Great Great Grandad owned 200+ slaves. No, seriously.
All right then people who believe reparations are going to be workable, please explain how the millionaire, Senator and Vice President hopeful has been disadvantaged by systemic racism and, once you’ve finished doing that, please describe the algorithm used to calculate how much money she owes to herself as reparations?
Bill’s Opinion
Maybe we want to live in a world where the crimes of the father aren’t passed on to the children?
Radical thought, but the alternative doesn’t feel like it will end well for anyone.
Sadly, Snopes is claiming that her direct descent from slave-owners is unproven.
That’s not what her Dad said.
Also, Snopes.