“If you can inherit generational wealth, you can inherit generational debt” is really a statement worthy of serious consideration when it comes to the issue of reparations. The article did a good job of making the case for the Bruce family #ManhattanBeach
Do we inherit debt incurred by the cruel practices of our forefathers? Some might try to argue no. Our legal system would not generally recognize the notion of inherited debt...but really think about it. If inherited WEALTH derives from abuse of others, does a DEBT not attach?
“The effect on the wealth and economic standing of Black Americans of generations of enslavement—and the structural racism following emancipation—has never been fully mitigated and exists to this day”
How do we begin to answer for this grievous wrong inflicted upon Black Americans? We can start by looking at the 13th Amendment & the “badges & incidents of slavery”
In the above excerpt from “Section 1 of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Badges and Incidents of Slavery” UCLA Law Review, Vol. 65, Issue 2 (March 2018), pp. 426-487, Professor Pope argued that we should revert to the original, more broad reading of Section 1