Reparations?
I am not seeking to offend but more to better understand what I currently do not. As I understand it, many of the black people from the 15th to 19th centuries came from Africa which may or may not have looked like the above picture but I cannot include pictorial evidence of all possible locations. Some of their current ancestors are seeking reparations. ‘the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged’ Now, I am fairly certain that I have ancestors from Ireland, they may have well been affected by the potato famine and were forced to the UK to survive. Honestly, I know it was Ireland, the rest is speculation. But, how would I know if I personally should be receiving some sort of payment or assistance? My logic goes along these lines: For me to seek reparations I would need to know that something which happened to my ancestors has had a severe enough negative impact on my current life, surely that i...