forgiveness

            It’s’ important to provide restitutions as a repayment to an injustice that was not the fault of those who suffered. It’s the same principal as if something were to happen to us personally now, and then not only would we suffer and lose, but it would be pushed under the carpet. It’s important to acknowledge the troubles and problems of the past and not just acknowledge the joys and triumphs that we respect and enjoy. Although it’s logical not to want to pay reparations for something you weren’t a part of, by coming into American culture you’re agreeing to abide by and live with our principles. (I.e. liberty, justice, etc…) If we want to meet the equality and justice that we preach so fiercely it’s important to make sacrifices and stand up to our own standards. It’s impossible to make immigrants agree with our values if we ourselves can’t make ourselves agree on the same principles. Our society must be made to look back and examine the past before we are able to make decisions on what is acceptable and what must be forgiven and apologized. I think the difficulty is drawing a line between what is worthy of apology and what is futile to the point of any reparations going to waste and being unable to exact change.