Arguments against racial reparations in the United States often lean on the assertions that slavery was “a long time ago,” that no one alive today suffered as a slave in the United States, and that no one alive today owned any slaves in the United States (at least not legally; we know human trafficking remains a major problem). The argument generally proceeds that therefore no one suffered from slavery and no one benefited so no one deserves reparations. “The past is the past,” they say. https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/how-whites-alive-today-benefit-from-slavery-now