But how can one group, which has been directly oppressed and marganilized for centuries and only recently granted similar rights be equatable with the group that benefited from that oppression? Economists have estimated that trillions of dollars of free labor was delivered to white people from…
And really, how far back do we go? Before slavery, the Romans oppressed most of Europe. Should Italy bankroll everyone in the EU? And Constantine ruled over much of Europe and the Middle East, should Turkey pay thousand to the descendants of those they oppressed. And at one point Russia owned the whole Eastern bloc. Hey, let’s ruin/pillage Russia and give a billion dollars to every country that ends in ‘stan.
It’s a stupid argument at a glance and it’s even more moronic when taken to it’s logical conclusion. The solution to racism is not monetary compensation.