Hence the momentum to address the monstrous differences in opportunity that have been created after many, many generations of treating particular groups of Americans as second-class if not outright sub-human.
And it seems weird to want to pay back a debt racked up by an ancestor. Or not even an ancestor, just an ancestor of someone who looks like your ancestors. Anyway, I don't think you help oppressed people like that, I think you help them by going in there and teaching and being positive about the real opportunities available - to go to college, get a job, earn a living. Live in a bougie neighborhood, maybe.