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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by yakshaving_jgt on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:30AM (#33056758)
The question of course is then at what point do reparations end?

My heritage is Polish. How much do the Germans owe me?

Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by boucher on Sunday October 02, 2022 @01:02PM (#33057825)
Germany paid Poland $8b in reparations in 1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations
Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by 988747 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @01:41PM (#33058268)
That wasn't reparations, that was retribution for slave labor for those forced to work in German factories. It's a start, but also about two orders of magnitude less than what Germany should pay, given the atrocities they committed in Poland. About 2-3 millions of civilians were killed during the whole war (and I mean ethnic Poles, not the Jews living in Poland, which are additional 3 millions victims)
Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by yakshaving_jgt on Sunday October 02, 2022 @01:52PM (#33058408)
A sibling comment highlights the problem I'm driving at — how can we agree that the amount paid is sufficient? Who can definitively say that?

This is true for historical systematic oppression of any kind.