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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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[-] Melkath@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

But... the countries sold the slaves to Europe.

White people didn't just show up and start taking people.

White people showed up, offered trade, and black leaders offered up there tribesmen.

It's the decendents of the black leaders who should be on the hook, not the decendents of white traders, and DEFINITELY not the decendents of white people who weren't involved in the slave trade at all...

[+] Basil -1 points 1 year ago

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[-] Melkath@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

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