I do think that whites like yourself don't understand that reparations are not just about slavery.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival of Africans to the United States, which resulted in the enslavement of approximately 4 mil
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This paper shows that whites received the equivalent of over 1 quintillion dollars in economic aid from the government during the last century, that black were excluded from. That has fueled what wealth white people have right now.
But if you still want to deny things.
"Racial and ethnic inequities have cost the U.S. economy some $51 trillion in lost output since 1990. Large and persistent gaps in rates of employment, education, and earnings across races "add up to a smaller economic pie for the nation as a whole" This statement is from a working paper published by members of the San Francisco Federal Reserve about the economic impact of continued inequity. It is titled: “The Economic Gains from Equity” In this paper, they state that from 1990 until 2022, the United States lost 51 trillion dollars in economic output due to continuing systemic disparities.
Citygroup did a study focusing on U.S. GDP from 2000 until 2020. The study revealed huge losses in GDP due to continuing discrimination against blacks in business revenue, education, housing credit, and income. The study determined that since the year 2000, continuing discriminatory practices in the four areas mentioned in the prior sentence resulted in a loss of 16 trillion dollars in GDP.25 The breakdown is as follows:
“Closing the Black racial wage gap 20 years ago might have provided an additional $2.7 trillion in income available for consumption and investment.
Improving access to housing credit might have added an additional 770,000 Black homeowners over the last 20 years, with combined sales and expenditures adding another $218 billion to GDP over that time.
Facilitating increased access to higher education (college, graduate, and vocational schools) for Black students might have bolstered lifetime incomes that in aggregate sums to $90 to $113 billion.
Providing fair and equitable lending to Black entrepreneurs might have resulted in the creation of an additional $13 trillion in business revenue over the last 20 years. This could have been used for investments in labor, technology, capital equipment, and structures, and 6.1 million jobs might have been created per year.
Citigroup determined that money was lost due to racial discrimination against blacks since 2000. At a minimum, reparations can be requested for money lost from 2000 to the present. If we only take lost income from racism starting in 2000, it equals more than 460,000 per black person in America based on the 2020 U.S. Census. Including all losses due to racial discrimination equals more than 280,000 per black person in America. This is money owed NOW for things done in OUR LIFETIMES.