Burgess Owens actually said...

The reality is that Black-American history is not one of a hapless, hopeless race oppressed by a more powerful White race.

It is impractical and a nonstarter for the United States Government to pay reparations.

First, let me reiterate that slavery was and still is evil, whether it be the 83-year history of our Nation or the prior 2,000-year history ...

Reparations is not the way to right our country's wrong. What I propose later will be more lasting.