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A_Good_Boy posted...

I support that too. Native Americans should get some money, Japanese Americans should get some money. Chinese Americans should get some money. Every group of people that's been wronged by the US should stick their palms up and expect something nice and shiny to be placed there. Just stay out of SF, I want my $1 house.

I think reparations itself is something the public has to vote and figure out on their own, but I think more importantly it's more critical that everyone is on the same page regarding history and the significance and meaning of such history. Without a shared understanding of the past, underlying conflicts will still persist in the future, and 'reparations' will be something future generations might invoke once again.

The historical parallel I'm coming from is the relationship Korea has with Japan. Japan had in the past provided compensations and apologizes for their colonialism of Korea, but Koreans and the Japanese never were able to have a shared perspective and understanding of the imperial past. This underlying tension is why South Korea demands compensation and apologizes every decade or so. And that's a problem here in the region.