For many white folks, acknowledging the role of minorities in general and black people in particular, in the creation of this nation, challenges their world view and their self image. Many see this country as a white country despite the facts to the contrary. They don't want to believe that this country was created as a nation based on white supremacy as much as any nod to democracy. They don't want to acknowledge how much rape, robbery, torture, and murder are part of our history and heritage. They oppose reparations as much because they deny the criminal nature needed to support white supremacy, as much as not wanting to give anything to black folks in general. If black folks magically disappeared, most white folks would react like the good Germans that never asked where the Jews disappeared to. They resent affirmative action while refusing to work for equality for all citizens. They don't acknowledge that it was a compromise created by less racist white folks rather than justice.