IMO, a goal of reparations would be to help right a wrong, so that all parties could move on.
I think its tricky. You want to do something where the majority is OK with it. But IMO, the hardest part would be doing something where BOTH sides AREN'T pissed. And I'm not talking about the folks that would be pissed no matter what.
There would be negotiations on this that would get ugly. Putting a price tag on your ancestors enslavement seems like a pretty difficult thing. And how does the non-black community say "we will give you this much...but not that much" and come across as anything other than a dickhead who you don't feel like moving forward with?
San Fran set the bar high by proposing $5 million per person, guaranteed annual incomes, no tax burdens and $1 homes. Call that a starting offer. Obviously that is impossible, but anyone who publicly pushed back on it would not be seen in a favorable light.
So you you have people expecting millions and get $100,000 total in tax credits?
Even if it was a lump sum $100,000 payment, who walks away satisfied? You have one side bitter about $5 trillion (back of napkin, so maybe wrong) in debt and the other thinking they got short changed. And if you're going to piss off more people than you appease, what good did you do?