Reparations?(white and black attitudes towards reparations for slavery)(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)

No matter how you phrase the question, black and white Americans differ profoundly on the issue of an apology or reparations for past racial discrimination. In one poll last year, 53 percent of blacks supported the idea of the federal government paying money to African Americans as compensation for slavery. Only 3 percent of whites supported the idea.

 
Question: When people talk about what white American should be willing 
to to do to help African Americans in this country, which of the 
following two statements comes closer to your view ...? 
 
                                              White      Black 
                                             response   response 
 
White Americans have benefited from             32%        64% 
past and present discrimination against 
African Americans, so they should be 
willing to make up for these wrongs 
 
Most white Americans have not benefited         64         27 
from past and present discrimination 
against African Americans so they have no 
responsibility to make up for these wrongs 
 
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