Reparations

Reparations for black people in America has become a central but unpopular topic of discussion among Democratic candidates. 

I will skip the argument that black people suffered in slavery and Jim Crow. That should be evident to those who own their own shoes.

"Reparations" is a vague term, and that might be the problem. At this stage we don't know what form reparations would take or who would pay for them. It's too late to give people forty acres and a mule. My guess is that reparations might--in one case--mean building a hospital in an underserved area. But we aren't there yet. The discussion is just beginning. "Reparations" remains undefined, but that will change.