Derrick Darby in his work “Reparations and Radical Inequality,” addresses restitution in terms of a group level compared to an individual one.  He presents the argument that slave owners should contribute reparations to slave’s relatives.  With the horrible injustices the have happened over the course of history in the United States, the question has been posed if living descendants of slaves should be paid for the horrifying acts of the past. In July 2008, the US House of Representatives stated how they were committed to “‘redressing the lingering consequences of these misdeeds” (Darby, 2010).  The  aftermath from the horrific events still continue to have consequences today in with the imbalances between blacks and white in education, wealth, health, and more. With the US being more than five decades away from Brown v. Board of Education, there still continues to be a setback for black students in educational underachievement, compared to white students.  Living in a “post-racial” era, much has clearly changed from the times of slavery and Jim Crow, however, actions still need to be continued and committed to in order to keep improving our culture. Personally, I don’t believe that Darby’s idea of paying back relative of past slaves will heal the damage that has already done, but I do believe that recognizing unconscious biases, understanding systemic racism and white privilege can be steps in continuing to recover as a country.