GBA:  Re: reparations:  I think the greatest reparations African Americans could receive is to be treated with respect by all of us.  To somehow live in an America which was truly "color blind."  You've seen the type of hateful, disgusting posts across the internet which targeted President Obama because he had the audacity to be a Black man elected President of the United States.  You state he was elected BECAUSE he is Black.  I would suggest he was elected despite being Black.  He's a very decent man, his wife is a very decent woman.  Do you really feel they deserved eight years of racist rants targeting them?  Do you really deny that millions of Americans still view Blacks through the prism of racism?  Do you really feel African Americans in our country don't have to work harder and be better than do whites to succeed in America?  

Charles relates the resentment he feels from a lifetime of discrimination and you caviliarly