A $20k check 35+ years later doesn’t really seem like it could possibly make up for it. I suppose it’s better than nothing.
But it is was a lot easier to single out who to compensate, because there was a lot less time In between and many of those people were still alive. The payments didn’t go to all Japanese Americans, but only the ones who were documented as going to those camps or their heirs.
Paying formal restitutions for slavery now, 150+ years after the fact, seems meaningless. I’d much rather see that money go directly to historically black communities. Yes, you could do both, but if you just do one you’re not splitting the effort.
A $20k check 35+ years later doesn’t really seem like it could possibly make up for it. I suppose it’s better than nothing.
But it is was a lot easier to single out who to compensate, because there was a lot less time In between and many of those people were still alive. The payments didn’t go to all Japanese Americans, but only the ones who were documented as going to those camps or their heirs.
Paying formal restitutions for slavery now, 150+ years after the fact, seems meaningless. I’d much rather see that money go directly to historically black communities. Yes, you could do both, but if you just do one you’re not splitting the effort.