The Issue: State lawmakers create a commission to examine reparations for black New Yorkers.

I guess the Democrats’ policy is to break the electorate down into groups by race, religion, ethnic group, societal class and set up a campaign aimed at each of them (“ ‘Slave reparations’?” June 8).

A reparations commission would be, by far, the most divisive thing that could be done. We should be talking about the things that unite us. Such a committee would have the opposite effect.

Throughout the last two centuries, many things occurred that were unfair. Various groups that arrived at our shores were not welcomed with open arms. All forms of discrimination were rampant. Yet, people managed to get through it all. The focus should be on the future, not the past.

Bill Isler

Queens

Some 350,000 Union soldiers gave their lives in the Civil War to preserve the Union and to end slavery. Freedom is not now and has never been free.

All Americans should cherish their freedoms and strive to preserve and protect the Constitution that embodies those freedoms.

Thomas Birnbaum

Manhattan

Bob McManus’ column (“State paid its debt — in blood,” June 9) misses the main issue, and by doing so, inadvertently supplies ammunition to those who would further divide our country.

The only issue is the absolute immorality of asking a person today to pay reparations for something that was done 250-plus years ago, simply because the person doing it was of the same race.

This concept is the ultimate conclusion to the group-identity fallacy that is helping divide the country.

What better way to pit white against black than to hold today’s white people financially responsible for horrific deeds committed by (some of) their ancestors.

The concept of group identity removes the individual from the equation. Am I a good person? A bad person? Smart? Stupid? Doesn’t matter. All that matters is the group to which I belong.

I was a college professor (now retired) and if I had expressed this view while active in that role, I would have been fired on the spot for being a racist.

Gary Markman

Beacon Falls, Conn.

Not to be “out-pandered” by California, New York legislators of course want to jump on the reparations bandwagon.

Of all the ill-conceived policies arising out of the new age of social justice, reparations will become the most divisive.

The never-ending search for victims by the left will not stop with reparations to black people. We can see future reparations for Japanese Americans, who may or may not have had families interred in camps following Pearl Harbor, and of course for transgender individuals who may or may not be discriminated against.

This country has already fought a Civil War over slavery. In that war, more than half a million Union troops (almost all of them white) died. The price for slavery has been paid.

No living white person today owned a slave. The concept of reparations is a political stunt designed to further divide our nation in an effort to guarantee the Democrats the black vote.

Robert Mangi

Westbury

Slave reparations? No, it’s called “racial division.” It’s another reason to leave New York — if Gov. Hochul approves.

Robert Neglia

The Bronx

I am always impressed with the ability of New York Democrats to ignore real problems and focus on frivolous issues.

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages sponsored the bill to create a commission to consider reparations for slavery and related issues. A capital idea!

My Irish ancestors did not even arrive in America until slavery had been outlawed. When my grandfather arrived in Boston and looked for work, he was greeted with signs saying: “No Irish need apply.” Can I apply for reparations? Probably not.

The New York Democrats’ time would be better spent on serious issues, such as our failing public schools and out-of-control crime. It’s time to vote the Dems out of office.

Kenneth Fitzgerald

Hicksville

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