The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on this issue in their decision of the City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469.
During The O’Reilly Update on Monday, June 24, 2019, O’Reilly stated, “They [Supreme Court] ruled that historical injustice does not allow for government payments.”
Supreme Court decision:
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
We, therefore, hold that the city has failed to demonstrate a compelling interest in apportioning public contracting opportunities on the basis of race. To accept Richmond’s claim that past societal discrimination alone can serve as the basis for rigid racial preferences would be to open the door to competing claims for “remedial relief” for every disadvantaged group.
The dream of a Nation of equal citizens in a society where race is irrelevant to personal opportunity and achievement would be lost in a mosaic of shifting preferences based on inherently unmeasurable claims of past wrongs.
Democrats are well aware of this, or they are incompetent and unfit to govern the country.
The reparations hysteria is being used as a tool to divide the country for political gain, and votes.
*Important note; Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have opposed reparations in the past.
O’Reilly opines during The O’Reilly Update:
View decision here City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
