What about if you go back three or four generations? five or six?
I'm conflicted on this issue, I really understand the need and can persuade myself either way but it's not obvious.
Being black in America may be a special case that's worth trying to correct directly with something like reparations, but I'm not convinced you can right all historical wrongs by this logic generally. A lot of groups have faced terrible persecution throughout history.
American Indians, Jews, etc.
Imagine your parents stole a fortune from your neighbor and passed it on to you when they died. Does that money belong to you, or your neighbor/their children? I think the answer is common sense. The fact that you weren’t the one who originally stole the money is irrelevant.