I did a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation and my estimate is that reparations equal to "40 acres and a mule" - promised by the government to each freed slave, but never granted - would be equivalent to about $120-150 thousand dollars. If we paid reparations to every single Black American of $120K, It would amount to about $5 Trillion. Sounds like a lot, but to put it in perspective, that is 1/10 of the amount of money siphoned out of the American economy by the richest 1% just since 1975. It is about a fifth of the current national debt. I think it would be worth it if it could help bring about some measure of racial harmony in the US.