Reparations

Whereas we, United States of America citizens of European descent,
are in support of the just demands of African Americans for fair,
long-overdue reparations for the crimes of slavery endured in the
United States of America,

Whereas we, United States of America citizens of European descent,
have the political and economic power to end racism, and ensure social
and economic justice for the descendants of the people who suffered
and survived the crimes and legacy of slavery endured in the United
States of America,

Whereas the government of the United States of America has been
instrumental in having pressured the German and Japanese governments
into the payment of reparations to the people who suffered and survived
the crimes and legacy of slavery endured during World War II,

Whereas the government of the United States of America has also
already paid reparations to the Japanese-Americans who were detained
in concentration camps during World War II,

Whereas, upon the ending of slavery in the United States of
America, the government of the United States of America promised
the former slaves forty acres and a mule as compensation, and then
broke its promise,

Whereas, the payment of fair, long-overdue reparations are an
investment in the future of America, a future where America has a
place in the family of nations as a fair, civilized country which
respects civil and human rights, encourages opportunity for and the
well-being of all her people, and can be trusted by other nations
as a nation who honors her word,

We, United States of America citizens of European descent, in support
of the just demands of African Americans for fair, long-overdue
reparations for the crimes and legacy of slavery endured in the United
States of America, do enjoin and direct you to use all the powers of
your good offices to implement fair reparations as previously promised
by the government of the United States of America to the descendants
of slaves in the United States of America without delay.