re: The next step: demand reparations for all descendants of slaves.....

This is so ridiculous. So would this come out of our taxes paid or will they raise taxes to be used to pay out? Stupid.... No one today had anything to do with what happened during slavery and/or the civil war, regardless of what their ancestors owned, did or where their ancestors resided, etc.

What about those of us whose ancestors came to America after slavery and the civil war? My ancestors, from both sides, immigrated here bw 1900-1920 from Eastern Europe. They came here learned the language, worked in the coal mines in eastern PA and OH. So how am I or others with similar ancestry, responsible for any of this?

Common sense is missing here....