Will Shetterly
Sep 21, 2021

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White people did not get reparations; slave owners did. Where slave owners were directly compensated, black and mixed-race slave owners would have been eligible too. I recently learned that the descendants of the US's richest black slave owner, William Ellison, are wealthy, just as you'd expect the descendants of rich white people to be.

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Will Shetterly
Will Shetterly

Written by Will Shetterly

If you’re losing an argument with me and are too proud to admit defeat, please feel free to insult me instead.

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