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.  The idea of reimbursing contemporary black citizens for the sin of slavery is one of the most corrosive, immoral, impractical, unjust, and un-American policy ideas gaining popularity on the Left. There are a slew of reasons why we shouldn’t entertain reparations. It would needlessly perpetuate racial divisions. It costs lots of money but, in the end, fixes none of the underlying problems that plague minorities.  Mostly, though, we should reject the notion because it compels us to make a false confession about our nation.   A few years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates created a minor sensation with an impassioned Atlantic piece headlined, “The case for reparations.” “Two hundred fifty years of slavery,” he argued. “Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.”  Protesters await the start of a rally in support of reparations for African Americans outside City Hall in San Francisco, Sept. 19, 2023. City supervisors heard various draft proposals, including a $5 million lump-sum payment to every eligible black adult and guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) For those, like Coates, who see...