Reparation for slavery
lundi 10 décembre 2018 à 01:00Reparations for Slavery Are Not about Punishing Children for Parents' Sins.
I basically agree with the conclusion, but not with the whole of the argument he uses. The concept of "collective guilt" is misguided: we are not "guilty" in any sense of past crimes.
However, "guilt" is a red herring in this discussion, because responsibility is broader than guilt. Today's descendants of the victims of past systematic bigotry suffer damage today as a consequence, so society has the responsibility to make up for that — to cure the damage. You and I are not guilty of that past systematic bigotry, but the responsibility to cure the continuing damage falls on us.