Hi Hive account@garthfreeman This always happens without fail, because people are not aware of history of laws and policies put into place to keep black people from acquiring wealth and property, during the growth of this country. Today, 96% of the wealth of this country is in the hands of white people. I believe the government owes reparations just like our government paid Jewish people reparations for what happened in Germany and I was not part of that but my tax dollars paid for it. You shouldn't feel guilty for what your ancestors did or did not do to black people. But when a group of people who are affected still to this day by the government policies put into place throughout the history of this country then reparations are in order.

For some reason a lot of white people think it creates division when black people point out policies put in place by the government and industries which have harmed black people. For instance Jim Crow laws, redlining and 3 strikes are 3 policies that have harmed black people. 3 strikes laws that has decimated the black community today. Black men are 6% of the USA population and make up 50% of the prisons. Right now in the US there are more black men jailed than were jailed in S. Africa during apartheid 10,000 per 100,000 vs 1,000 per 100,000. I realize no one really cares about what it means to black people when white supremacy is terrorizing black people. https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/

I share information based on facts and if you don't like it or don't want to believe it makes no difference to me. I don't think it create division as my father is a white man, actually he is my step dad but I consider him my father.