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Against the reparations racket: This progressive scheme compels us to make a false confession about our nation

By David Harsanyi
Published April 11, 2024 9:05pm ET
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Against the reparations racket: This progressive scheme compels us to make a false confession about our nation
Carrie Carter, right, waits for the start of a rally in support of reparations for African Americans outside City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. City supervisors will hear from the public Tuesday on draft reparations proposals, including a $5 million lump-sum payment to every eligible Black adult and guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000. The proposals are among more than 100 recommendations by the city's reparations advisory committee, which was tasked with finding ways San Francisco could atone for decades of city policies that harmed Black residents. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

I owe you nothing. Not a penny. Not for the sins of slavery or white supremacy or “structural racism” or Jim Crow or redlining or police brutality. Certainly not for the existence of racism, real or imagined. 

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