These are very common talking points amongst Democrats. Many individuals who lean left-of-center believe that slavery is still relevant even in 2019.
O’Rourke has maintained an outspoken disposition as his campaign continues. He also recently branded frontrunner Joe Biden as a “return to the past” and alleged that Democrats’ strategies cannot only revolve around defeating President Trump.
The Controversy Surrounding Reparations
The ideas surrounding reparations maintains that present-day black Americans are inherently disadvantaged due to slavery which existed multiple generations ago. Therefore, Democrats overwhelmingly believe that monetary reparations will somehow tip a scale or level some perverbial playing field.
In spite of calls for reparations, there are some facts which many Democrats dislike. For starters, nobody alive today was a slave. Secondly, no person alive today owned slaves. For these reasons alone, mandating people who never partook in slavery to pay individuals who never worked as slaves is extremely problematic, in the eyes of many Americans.
