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.