2002 Soap Box Archives

Reparations

One of the most ridiculous and racially divisive issues to come along
in a very long time is the one about the government paying reparations
to blacks because of slavery.

This is absolutely asinine. First of all, even if they were entitled to
reparations,which they certainly are not, who would get the money? How
would it be distributed? Could you just show up at a federal agency and
if your skin was dark enough would they fork over the bucks? How about
the people who have migrated to America since the Civil War, do they get
a piece of the pie?

How can the present day citizens of this country be held accountable for
something which happened before their great grandparents were born?
There’s no question about it, slavery was an abomination and I don’t
know anybody who thinks it wasn’t, but so were a lot of other things and
they are all best relegated to the history books and viewed as a lesson
learned.

My family never owned slaves. Should I have to pay just because my skin
is white? And since this money would be coming from the public coffers
how about the black citizens who would be taxed right along with the
rest of us to pay for this pie in the sky folly?

The self righteous pundits I see on television say it’s about justice,
but it has nothing to do with justice since the very concept is totally
unjust. No sir, this has to do with greed, money, power and furthering
the agenda of a handful of radicals who like nothing better than driving
a wedge between the races.

These people thrive off racial dissension ,it’s all that keeps them in
power. As long as they can convince a percentage of the African
American population in this nation that they are inferior and have to
have help from the big government, they can make a place for themselves
under the guise of furthering the cause.

Black Americas have come a long way in the last forty years and now some
of these self proclaimed leaders would lead them backwards. If they
really wanted to do some good for their people they would encourage the
young to finish school and develop a sense of self worth and
independence rather than giving them the same old line about whitey
wanting to hold them down.

I’m white and I don’t want to hold anyone down. I want to encourage all
Americans to achieve their goals and make a better life for them and
their families.

Black people are not inferior to anybody and that has been proven time
after time in the twentieth century.

Why can’t we put the past behind us and strive for the goal of a color
blind society,where black Americans, white Americans,
Mexicans, Asians, Christians and Jews will just be known as simply
Americans?

Slavery ended almost one hundred and fifty years ago and everybody who
ever owned a slave has been dead for years, and though it was the black
Africans who sold their own people into slavery I haven’t heard anything
about suing them, which would be just as silly as suing the American
Government.

This is just a ploy to put off the inevitable fact that it’s time
for African Americans and all races for that matter to take their places
in the higher echelons of business and politics.

Slavery is a blight on the history of America. It has already done its
damage one time. Let’s not resurrect this horrible thing to do more
damage to racial relations.

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels