I could entertain the idea of reparations, but only in the form of improved schools in predominately black areas (whites in those areas could attend too). The main thing holding blacks back is lack of education and lack of realization that they can actually succeed in White America. And anyone with two brain cells will admit that there has been tremendous racism in this country that has held blacks back for a long time. I believe this situation is a million times better than it was, but blacks are still at a social and cultural disadvantage. That is not MY fault, but it isn't (always) THEIR fault either.
Cultural change takes a long time, as in several generations, but I feel we are on the brink of seeing a sea-change in racial attitudes. You can see it all around you, but we are at a risk of setting that all back by the current guilt-ridden anti-white leftists that feel blacks can't help themselves. They can, but they need the tools, and the primary tool is education.
The right kinds of education and then they need jobs when they get out of school. Education doesn’t help if the economy sucks.
Also America has failed by not providing enough trade schools, and by emphasizing worthless liberal arts degrees. They steer everyone into trying to be doctors lawyers and social workers but STEM is where the real opportunities are for those with the brains and trade school for those who don’t and I’m sorry the truth is not everyone is cut out for the professions. Black and white, some kids simply cannot succeed in higher education but this country has failed to provide good education in welding, carpentry, electrician, mechanics, etc.
Because as Lucifer pointed out, education is controlled by leftists, who are completely out of touch with the needs of the country and in total denial that Trump’s policies of improving the economy and providing opportunities in the inner cities was actually the right approach.
You are right something needs to be done about those disadvantaged from the legacy of racism. Just like the poor whites in Appalachia, there’s an inbreeding problem in the cities. Generations trapped in public housing zones dependent on government where the males have abandoned fatherhood and found their only opportunities are in gangs and drug sales.
You can send them to school but where is the job when they get out? Trump had the LOWEST black unemployment in decades. How? Loosening restrictions on business, most especially the small business tax break, and supporting the energy industry which is the true engine of the economy. Then focused help for specific poor communities. We were on the right track. No more, certainly not with this sick, demented administration.