This seems like my opinion on as well.
On top of how do you prove or disprove someone's ethnicity? What if they are mixed African? What about someone who looks whiter than Joe Biden but claims they have 2% African American blood in them? Hell can I as someone who is brown looking claim I have 1% African DNA in me and this can qualify for reparations?
Then what about reparations for Japanese Americans, Native Americans, Muslim Americans? I know this is whataboutism but American is made on top of a genocide against Native Americans who were nearly wiped out. Just because there are fewer of them doesn't make their struggle any less valid. Eventually you will need reparations for Latino Americans as well.
This isn't really something that is even popular in the Democratic primary. Occasionally a candidate brings it up or a moderator, they get some cheers but is forgotten soon after. Some of the candidates have vague ways of going about it, Bernie in particular doesn't really go in for reparations.
I think criminal justice reform, immigration reform and tackling wealth inequality alongside corruption are strong initial steps before we get to the topic of reparations. I am not against African American getting cheques for being African American but this is something that is very difficult to moderate and implement not to mention politicize in general election and create even higher racial tensions.
