Robert L. Johnson – the first black billionaire of America and the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) – calls on the Federal Government to pay 14 trillion dollars of reparations, which is approximately 333,400 dollars per black in the USA, writes Business Insider.
He also called on legislators to adopt a draft law of a decade ago, which will lay the foundation for compensation for damage in the future. Johnson said that it would take that the whole country would require “200 years of systemic racism as consequences of slavery” and the need to compensate for Jimkroism (racist measures and traditions aimed at strengthening segregation and discrimination against the US black population). For this reason, blacks were denied 13-15 trillion dollars of wealth, he believes.
“and therefore we, as a country, now have to redeem your guilt by turning black people with all the masters – rich, poor and middle – from their own pocket,” Billionaire said. He called the successful black people, such as Oprah Winfrey, Lebron James, Michael Jordan and himself who deserves a check at no less than the rest. Johnson, who is now 75 years old, said that payments in the amount of 14 trillion dollars will be enough to close the gap between the level of welfare of the black and white population, but it is “not fully optimistic.”
In August 2020, the Black Professor of the University of Duke William Dariti (William Darity) urged to pay 12 trillion dollars in compensation for slavery. Thus, the amount of payments will be about 800 thousand dollars per family of black, whose ancestors were slaves.