The reparations issue in general is used by the left for many bad political purposes. I also hate the broad brush strokes it paints on our white ancestors. For example, I had two direct ancestors (gr. gr. grandfathers) that died fighting for the north in the Civil War. These men lost their life (and left small children fatherless) so that their white descendants generations down the line could be shamed for their own skin color? And as I understand it, very few white people owned slaves. It was usually the ultra rich democrat plantation southerner. (granted, virtually most whites were guilty of going along with jim crow type stuff)

Anyways, conversely, say...if we shorten the timespan a little...pretend that your actual grandfather forced my grandfather at gunpoint to build your house that you are still living in today. This to me, is not some sweeping racist anti-white enactment. It always seems more like what could be in a civil law case. The college buildings still exist, (and with endowments they are hugely rich, they can spare making good for a few hundred? descendants).