The Great Reparations Hustle: A Never-Ending Guilt Racket

Here we go again. Another round of “cut the check” theatrics, this time led by Ayanna Pressley, who’s reintroducing a bill that has been dying a slow, miserable death in Congress for decades—H.R. 40, a proposal to create yet another committee to “study” reparations for Black Americans.

At this point, it’s not even about reparations. It’s about squeezing every last drop out of a guilt-ridden America that has spent generations bending over backward to atone for a crime committed by people long dead against people long dead. It’s about leveraging history as a political weapon, demanding that people who never owned slaves pay people who were never slaves—and if you dare question it, well, you must be racist.

Fine. Let’s talk about reparations. But not just the version they want to talk about.

If Reparations Are Owed, Start in Africa

Pressley and her ilk conveniently ignore one small detail—slavery didn’t begin in America. It wasn’t some original sin of the West that spontaneously erupted when European settlers arrived on the shores of the New World. No, the truth is far uglier and far older—and it starts in Africa.

Africans didn’t just “participate” in the slave trade. They perfected it. Before a single European ship ever docked on the Gold Coast, African kingdoms were enslaving, selling, and trading their own people like cattle. This wasn’t some minor historical footnote—it was a massive industry. Warring tribes raided villages, rounded up captives, and sold them off to the highest bidder—whether it was Arab traders, Portuguese merchants, or, eventually, British and American slavers.

Europeans didn’t have to “steal” Africans—they bought them. The slave trade didn’t happen toAfrica—it happened within Africa, long before Western nations were even major players in the game. If we’re talking historical accountability, then shouldn’t African nations be the first to pay up? Shouldn’t descendants of African kings and merchants be cutting checks to Black Americans?

No? Interesting.

Reparations for White Slaves?

Of course, if we’re truly serious about reparations, then the conversation can’t stop at American slavery—because Black Americans weren’t the only ones to suffer under the chains of forced labor.

What about the hundreds of thousands of European and American slaves kidnapped by North African Barbary pirates? What about the white Irish and Scottish slaves sent to the Caribbeanlong before the transatlantic slave trade ramped up? What about the fact that Muslims enslaved more Africans than the entire transatlantic trade combined—and kept it going for centuries longer?

Should their descendants get a payout? Or do reparations only apply when the narrative is politically convenient?

Logistically Impossible, Ethically Absurd

Even if we ignore history and pretend reparations are a morally sound idea, the logistics alone make it a nightmare:

? Who pays? Are we taxing recent immigrants whose ancestors had nothing to do with slavery? Do poor white families in Appalachia—who have lived in generational poverty—owe money to multimillionaire Black celebrities?

? Who gets paid? Are we cutting checks to people with a single Black ancestor from 200 years ago? Do Barack Obama’s daughters—descendants of both slave owners and African tribal elites—qualify? What about the descendants of Black slave owners in America?

? Where does it end? If slavery’s legacy justifies endless compensation, then why stop at Black Americans? Should Native Americans demand reparations from other tribes who wiped them out in territorial wars? Should Italians demand reparations from Turkey for the Ottoman slave raids?

See the problem? Reparations aren’t about justice—they’re about power, control, and perpetual grievance.

America Has Already Paid—Many Times Over

Let’s not pretend America hasn’t paid its debts on this issue.

? The Civil War cost 620,000 lives—hundreds of thousands of white Americans died to end slavery. If that’s not reparations, what is?

? The country passed civil rights legislation, ending segregation and ensuring equal protection under the law.

? Billions of dollars have been poured into welfare programs, affirmative action, scholarships, grants, and subsidies designed specifically to uplift Black Americans.

If the goal of reparations is to level the playing field, then guess what? The playing field has been leveled—and then some. If those trillions in social spending haven’t solved the problem, maybe the issue isn’t money.

The Real Purpose of Reparations: A Political Grift

This entire reparations debate isn’t about justice—it’s about leverage. It’s about creating a permanent victim class that is always owed something, that is never responsible for its own fate, and that can be politically mobilized at will.

And the people pushing it? They don’t actually want reparations.

Think about it—what happens if a check is actually cut? What happens if reparations are “paid in full”? The entire racial grievance industry collapses overnight. The Democratic Party loses one of its most powerful weapons. They don’t want resolution—they want resentment. They want the issue to fester because it keeps them in power.

A Nation That Never Moves Forward Will Always Be Stuck in the Past

Reparations are a trap. They keep Black Americans tied to a past they never lived and locked in a cycle of victimhood. The real tragedy? Millions of Black Americans are thriving, succeeding, and building their own legacies—without handouts, without grievance, and without waiting for some politician’s approval.

That’s what real power looks like.

And maybe that’s why people like Ayanna Pressley will never let this issue die.

Because the moment Black Americans realize they don’t need to be paid off, the entire reparations hustle is dead on arrival.

AUTHOR’S STATEMENT – SHARE THIS NOW

Reparations is not just a fringe debate—it is a political weapon designed to divide, manipulate, and keep Americans locked in a cycle of guilt and grievance. The Democratic Party and the left will never let this issue die because it fuels their power. It ensures that Black Americans remain perpetual victims, that White Americans remain perpetual villains, and that the grievance industry keeps churning out votes and campaign donations.

This is not about justice. It’s about control.

The only way this ends is if the truth is told—fully, fearlessly, and without apology. History is more complicated than the soundbites, and the more people understand the real origins and consequences of slavery, the less power the race hustlers have over this country.

DO NOT LET THIS TRUTH BE SILENCED.

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If they can manipulate history, they can manipulate the future. Let’s not let them.

—Mars Lewis

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