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A group wearing Malcom X white T shirts protest at Columbus Circle demanding reparations for slavery of Black people in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2020.The Issue: New York City lawmakers voting on a bill to study potential compensation for slavery reparations.
If New York had school choice and vouchers, it would give African-American parents the opportunity to remove their child from a failing school and place them in one where they can actually learn.President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, and approved the 13th Amendment on Feb. 1, 1865, thereby abolishing slavery.
Furthermore, as Borelli pointed out, there isn’t a single person in New York today who ever was a slave or owned slaves.Comparing the immense value of growing up and living in 21st century America for African-Americans, vs. in their ancestors’ countries of origin in Africa, would certainly turn reparations on its head.Reparations should be made, but the Democrats should pay for it.
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