In a 2004 interview, 0bama stated that he preferred ongoing programs “like universal healthcare and free college education” (which he got in “healthcare reform”) over any sort of reparations payment,
because the ongoing programs would be in perpetuity,
and a reparations payment would “let America off the hook”.
As far as reparations go, if someone can find a living slave and his or her living master, sure let the master pay. The black community today is in the shape they are in by their own actions or lack thereof.