The purpose of reparations is to fan the flames of the racial division needed to destroy the freedom (read: meritocracy) of Western civilization.
In fact, the minorities demanding equality will never achieve equality by demanding it. They are just being used as tools to establish a Marxist dictatorship.
Once that dictatorship is in place, those minorities creating the racial division will be shoved back down to the bottom of the ladder.
The only hope minorities ever had for success was the freedom offered by Western Civilization. If they worked hard enough and smart enough, they would, like millions before them, rise above their humble origins.
But in a Marxist dictatorship, they are destined for even greater poverty. If they achieve any "equality," it will be an equal share of abject poverty.
There already HAVE been!
Lincoln freed the slaves.
40 acres and a mule gave them a livelyhood.
Stable families gave them HBC across the land.
Generations of 'welfare' have poured millions into their households.
Black folks vastly exceed their percentage in all American sports.
And they still mant MORE?
Sorry Oliver - the buck stops here.