Slavery and the treatment of the Native American people are the "original sins" of the United States. We can never seem to get over them.

If you're really interested in the issue of reparations though, check out the Penn & Teller Bullshit show on it: http://www.tv.com/penn-and-teller-bu...9/summary.html

They talk to people on both sides and also discuss the reparations that were paid to American citizens who were interred in camps like Manzanar during WWII.