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Martin Luther King Junior Would Want Reparations For Foundational Black Americans

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The life path one and natural born leader, Martin Luther King, would want reparations for the nation builders and descendants of those builders who still are under harsh living conditions. The wealth disparities have become just as large, if not larger than what they were in 1968.   " 1968 : Adjusted for inflation, middle-class Black families had an average household wealth of about $6,600 in 1968 compared to around $71,000 in wealth for white middle-class households, according to the Survey of Consumer Finances (a 10.7 times greater amount)."(Adrianna J, Forbes, 2023, para 11).   According to Brian L(2022) " The richest 1% now own 40% of wealth ( Saez and Zucman 2016 ), and the share of households with no or negative wealth is rising ( Keister and Moller 2000 ; Pfeffer and Schoeni 2016 )" (para. 4).  Whether it is workplace discrimination, unjust hiring practices, or lack of being able to go back to school due to financial constraints, the barriers are just too