The Importance of Reparations for Slavery

"There should not be reparations for slavery," he says. "The idea that you're going to collectively punish the, the people of the United States for something that happened in that time period...that doesn't really make sense" In 2023 dollars, $27 trillion is a little bit more than the GDP of the U.S., but if reparations are to be had, then that's fine,. We'll do what it will do that."