Who Is Owed Reparations? Larry Elder Argues Slave Owners Whose ‘Legal Property Was Taken Away’ – By Kristen Doerer (Right Wing Watch) / Sept 8 2021
Larry Elder becomes exasperated when a conversation arises about reparations—that is, whether African Americans are owed some compensation for centuries of slavery. But the Republican gubernatorial candidate in California’s recall election does think a case can be made that slave owners deserve reparations.
Elder made such comments, which were first flagged by Resist Programming, on a July 18 episode on “The Candace Owens Show,” broadcast on right-wing propaganda outlet PragerU. Elder told Owens that an argument could be made that reparations are owed to “people whose ‘property’ was taken away after the end of the Civil War” because “like it or not, slavery was legal.”
The conversation began when Owens joked that she could support reparations.
“I think I could be pro-reparations,” Owens said. “I think we should allow people the opportunity or the chance to go back to Africa. I would sponsor that like you wouldn’t believe.”
