Why I’m skeptical of reparations. Part 3: Black behaviors not conducive to economic success.

Lone Candle
25 min readSep 14, 2021

So, why am I skeptical of reparations, and why am I only sympathetic toward a relatively small reparations payout?

One, part of the disparity we see today between blacks and whites is a result of black behavior.

Two, the ideal form of reparation is the actual perpetrator paying the actual victim. That isn’t possible here.

Three, the consequences of slavery for a modern descendent of slaves may actually be positive compared…

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