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Re: reparations

Charles Brown wrote:

CB: How about if we make a special stipulation that every Black
person except Vernon Jordan gets money ?  Or just every Black person
with a net worth below x


How do you define a black person?

Where would the reparations come from? General tax revenues? If so,
then people of non-European origin would be paying in.

These may sound like wonky practical questions, distractions from the
principles under consideration, but they really go to the heart of
how difficult it is to define race.

Doug


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