I'm opposed to reparations as I'm opposed to racialism, but the only one that I really don't object to in theory was the reparations given to Japanese families that were forcibly interned and had their homes seized.
It's direct payments to individuals who the government specifically targeted and stole property from. It is not an effort to seek "cosmic justice" from "years of oppression". The government broke the law and stole shit from specific people. Those people must be compensated.
As such, it doesn't work like a reparation payment at all.
When you inflict damages on specific people, it makes sense that you repay those damages. That is what the Japanese received for the businesses and capital built up over generations that were destroyed. It's not "here's a check because you're yellow".
I'm opposed to reparations as I'm opposed to racialism, but the only one that I really don't object to in theory was the reparations given to Japanese families that were forcibly interned and had their homes seized.
It's direct payments to individuals who the government specifically targeted and stole property from. It is not an effort to seek "cosmic justice" from "years of oppression". The government broke the law and stole shit from specific people. Those people must be compensated.
As such, it doesn't work like a reparation payment at all.
When you inflict damages on specific people, it makes sense that you repay those damages. That is what the Japanese received for the businesses and capital built up over generations that were destroyed. It's not "here's a check because you're yellow".
Correct.