The Native Americans recently received 1 billion in reparations. Blacks in America ought to receive equal treatment considering our history. Abraham Lincoln attempted to do so before his assassination, but Andrew Johnson prevented it from happening. Reparations are due to blacks, because all of the wealth that slavery generated went to white Americans and left blacks at a disadvantage. For the Natives and the Jewish populations to receive reparations sets a precedence, and black people deserve the same treatment. Blacks helped to build America yet are only represented minimally on a white power structure. In order to have a fair democracy, black people were not allowed to have places at universities for years, while white people were and still get legacy benefits. This must be done.



