America Has Apologized, By Mychal Massie - 883 Words

The first article that I chose was â€Å"America Has Apologized,† by Mychal Massie. It gave a history lesson that showed many flaws about reparations. Also, it points out some ideas that could hold out the reparation idea. One idea Mychal mentioned is that, â€Å"The United States didn’t invent slavery.† Assuredly, it gives us the real reason why slavery was introduced and how African people enslaved themselves. The other main point about the reparations is that there are already plenty of African Americans who are already rich. Mychal gives the idea that Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jorden, and Tiger Woods are billionaires. He also explains that there are many people that do not need reparations and that it will be hard to judge who should get the money. I personally do not agree with the reparations for African American slaves. I agree with a lot of what the articles had to say because it is just too late for slavery reparations. The African American population is huge and it will be hard to determine whose relative was really a slave. The other point I agree on is that the inner cities are not good places to be in, where it is filled with violence and drugs. Most of the people who lives in areas like these are African American so we would be giving money to drug dealers or to murderers. The second article is about President Obama trying to get reparations for African Americans in the United States by 2016. This is the last thing he wanted to accomplish in office. This article by