those racist democrats

In "Slavery Reparations", Walter Williams tells us an interesting tidbit:

The recent phase of the reparations movement contains an interesting twist. Rev. Wayne Perryman, a conservative minister of Mount Calvary Christian Center Church of God in Christ in Seattle, Wash., has filed a lawsuit against the Democratic Party. His lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Seattle, charges "that because of their racist past practices the Democratic Party should be required to pay African Americans Reparations." Rev. Perryman's brief, citing abundant historical evidence, charges that the past racist policies and practices that were initiated against blacks by the Democratic Party -- were no different than the policies and practices that were initiated by the Nazi Party against the Jews.

Now Democrats might argue that they have more than made up for the past behavior, but that's like saying that a burglar doesn't have to go to jail if, years after the crime, he buys lots of expensive gifts for the relatives of his victims, isn't it?