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677 points saeedjabbar | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.538s | source
1. js2 ◴[] No.23545507[source]
By my back-of-the-napkin math, white America owes black America about 10 trillion dollars in stolen wealth.

The are roughly 50 million black Americans out of a population of 330M. Americans own roughly $100T in wealth. So black Americans should own about 50 / 330 * 100T or $15T. But they currently only own about $5.5T.

We could start by allocating some our our Federal tax dollars to making black Americans whole.

Sources:

- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/06/25/six-facts...

- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining...

- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/raci...

- https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/04/06/the-black...

Edit: downvotes but no replies.

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3. cylinder ◴[] No.23548157[source]
I believe in reparations but not your methodology (I did not downvote you).