If Blacks are paid for services rendered, the U.S. government will need to turn the empire over to them.

I think part of the discussion on this is for Black folks to push forward on the discussion of reparations. What, exactly, should they look like? I am not interested in white peoples' ideas of what they should look like. I've seen a few ideas bandied about from some Black writers and economists, but getting them in front of more people seems important to me.

To whites who are afraid of the "cost" of reparations, I will appeal to your selfish instincts and say that an empowered Black America has already shown what it can do when it is given the opportunity, and the country as a whole will be much richer for more of it.