Whether the federal government should pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved people is hotly debated. Some say the wealth and health disparities caused by slavery should be addressed and other groups have been paid reparations. Others say reparations would be too difficult to implement, and slavery is long over so reparations would further divide the country. For more on the reparations debate, visit ProCon.org.
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Should the federal government pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved people?
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