“My family immigrated to America in 1854. They were of German origin and settled in Chicago. They had nothing to do with slavery. I owe you and your Black community nothing. Nothing!”
Amen! My ancestors immigrated to America sometime before 1680. They settled for a while in Virginia until their settlements and families were ravaged by Indians, then moving to PA. Then they fought and died in the American Revolution to gain freedom for generations to come. A freedom that they protected throughout history, wearing blue during the Civil War. Tragic history? Obama has the audacity to say he wants the “tragic elements of “OUR” history, acknowledged.” Is it his white blood or his black blood that he considers “OUR?” The white man has paid reparations for over 230 years, not just for one race but for all who love freedom yet Obama wants to isolate the black race as the only ones who have experienced hardship and that is because he does not know, does not respect and does not love what this country has done for him.
My family emigrated in 1950. We were emancipated in 1863 as well. By the Tsar. I’ll pay reparations just as soon as I get that check from the Russian government.