Debate: Are Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Reparations Due?
Should former colonial powers pay reparations for the Atlantic slave trade?

Claim: Former colonial powers should pay reparations
Reason: Africans also participated in the slavery system.
Warrant 0: Africans are also from colonies
Warrant 1: Africans are also colonists
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Former colonial powers should pay reparations
Reason: Being a student of history I have learned you cannot apply today's societal norms to the ones of past generations.
Warrant 0: past generations aren't responsible for what happened today
Warrant 1: past generations are responsible for what happened today
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Former colonial powers should pay reparations
Reason: How forebears were treated 150 years ago shouldn't effect your state of being today.
Warrant 0: forebears were not our ancestors and responsible for us
Warrant 1: forebears were our ancestors and responsible for us
Correct warrant: 1