The Case for Reparations: Not for Slavery but for Everything Else Since

David Horowitz describes himself as a “lifelong civil rights activist,” though he’s recently only concerned himself with the rights of white people. Horowitz is a mentor to Stephen Miller, one of the authors of the Trump immigration policy featuring separating brown children from their families and promoter of white nationalism. In 2001, Horowitz published an ad in several college publications, “Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks — and Racist Too.” Here are the reasons he gives: There Is No Single Group Clearly Responsible For The Crime Of Slavery There Is No One Group That Benefitted Exclusively From Its Fruits Only A Tiny Minority Of White Americans Ever Owned Slaves, And Others Gave Their Lives To Free Them America Today Is A Multi-Ethnic Nation, and Most Americans Have No Connection (Direct Or Indirect) To Slavery The Historical Precedents Used To Justify The Reparations Claim Do Not Apply, And The Claim Itself Is Based On Race Not Injury The Reparations Argument Is Based On The Unfounded Claim That All African-American Descendants of Slaves Suffer From The Economic Consequences Of Slavery And Discrimination The Reparations Claim Is One More Attempt To Turn African-Americans Into Victims. It Sends...