A UN committee has called on countries to adopt comprehensive reparations for people of African descent, arguing that the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade continues to fuel systemic racism and racial inequality. It says governments have legal obligations to address those lasting effects.

  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    Maybe start with abolishing slavery. Because incarcerated people in the US, in some states, are still subject to legal slavery.