Dr. Phil's recent remarks on a proposal by Duke University's William A. Darity Jr. that every Black descendant of slavery should receive $350,000 as cash reparations have sparked a heated debate on social media. Darity believes such reparations would help address the massive wealth gap between Black and white people, which he estimates at around $840,000 ( Darity , 2021).  " In the U.S. today, the richest 1 percent of households owns 37 percent of all wealth." ( Shapiro , 2013) On the other hand, Dr. Phil disagrees, arguing that disbursing such a large sum of money to any group of people, irrespective of their race or socioeconomic status, would be an "absolute disaster."   The issue with Dr. Phil's comment is that it falsely ass umes a future outcome . One thing we all need to learn about the future is that it is not 100% clear/certain. Other nationalities that have been paid reparations know what's it like even to have the option to dec