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258514400 Research Topic English 132.16 Blackmon November 18, 2002 The Cost of Freedom? Priceless. Today in our modern society slavery is still both a controversial and sensitive issue to most Black Americans. In addition to that, the discussion of reparations is often carefully disputed. The term "reparation" is derived from its Latin root word "repair". Reparation is the act or process of making amends by means of compensation. The debate over reparations still stands because some people in this country believe that America owes African-Americans something - money - for the years of emotional rape, physical brutality and bondage that our ancestors experienced after being shipped to this land. While this may be reasonable, others argue that this country owes Blacks more than money. Respect, dignity, equality and a sense of pride are all indebted to African-Americans, and are much more important to a culture that has been oppressed for so long. Those opposed to...

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