What is a reparations fund?

Simply put, a reparations fund is conscience money. The purpose of the fund is to offer money to victims of past injustices and thus salve the conscience. A reparatioons fund is an attempt to salve consciences. The fund exists to offer monetary compensation to victims of past injustice or maltreatment. After a payment has been made, the payee should feel better and the payer should feel that his/her conscience is clean.