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African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery, call for formal apologies from European nations (www.theguardian.com)

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The partnership between the 55-member African Union and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) of 20 countries will aim to intensify pressure on former slave-owning nations to engage with the reparations movement.

Delegates also announced the establishment of a global fund based in Africa aiming to accelerate the campaign.

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[+] Basil@lemmings.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Melkath@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Why not?

Just to reiterate the context. Freed black slaves did not flock back to their home countries. They mostly stayed where they were freed.

Talking about reparations for actual descendents of slaves is one thing.

Talking about reparations for the descendents of the ones that sold their brothers and sisters into slavery is bonkers. Straight assinine.

Slavery was horrible. Slave owners were horrible. Black leaders started the whole thing (in the context of the black slave trade).

These fuckers aren't looking for reparations. They are looking for a renegotiation because they don't think they charged enough.