Author A. Kirsten Mullen pointed out that the United States government has paid reparations to Japanese families who were interned during World War II, families who lost loved ones during the Sept. 11 attacks, and to Americans held hostage in Iran. Black people have such a bad name that before a Black person even gets to a job interview, or walks into a dealership to buy a car, or walks down the street, way before they have ever arrived, there are myths and stories that have formed around them, and people have natural reactions to that.” And as Farley posits, Black Americans, as a whole, regardless of whether they are descended of slaves, have born the brunt of racist policies and the government’s defamation.