In a stunning act of moral obtuseness, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently created a reparations fund for the city’s black community.

Just for starters, racial reparations are illegal — barred by California’s Proposition 209 and the U.S. Constitution. Both forbid governmental discrimination based on race. 

But reparations are also morally wrong. It’s unjust to take from people who never owned slaves in order to give to those who were never enslaved — especially in a state that never had slavery.

Supporters claim reparations will heal historic wounds. They actually deepen them. Once government divides Americans by race and stokes grievance politics, there’s no limiting principle. You can’t legitimize racial sorting for some groups and not expect it to fuel resentment in others. 

The answer isn’t race-baiting policies like reparations. We’re all Americans.

It’s time our leaders acted like it.

In a stunning act of moral obtuseness, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently&nbsp;created a reparations fund for the city&rsquo;s black community.
Just for starters, racial reparations are illegal &mdash; barred by California&rsquo;s Proposition 209 and the U.S. Constitution. Both forbid governmental discrimination based on race.&nbsp;
But reparations are also morally wrong. It&rsquo;s unjust to take from people who never owned slaves in order to give to those who were never enslaved &mdash; especially in a state that never had slavery.
Supporters claim reparations will heal historic wounds. They actually deepen them. Once government divides Americans by race and stokes grievance politics, there&rsquo;s no limiting principle. You can&rsquo;t legitimize racial sorting for some groups and not expect it to fuel resentment in others.&nbsp;
The answer isn&rsquo;t race-baiting policies like reparations. We&rsquo;re all Americans.
It&rsquo;s time our leaders acted like it.

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