UN
Decrees United States Owes Blacks Reparations for Slavery
The human rights abusers of the United Nations are demanding
that the United States of America give African Americans reparations for
slavery. The group’s statement came via a report earlier this week.
The group report was
referencing a larger study by the United Nations working group of experts on
people of African descent. This group is responsible for reporting to the
international organization’s High Commissioner on Human Rights.
This group of experts is
made up of the top human rights lawyers in the world. The group presented its
findings about the link they feel is present between the United States’ history
of slavery and falsely alleged injustices that are occurring now. The most
recent police shootings of African Americans was primarily the premise for
their findings.
“In particular, the
legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and segregation,
racial terrorism and racial inequality in the United States remains a serious
challenge, as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and
reconciliation for people of African descent,” the report stated. “Contemporary
police killings and the trauma that they create are reminiscent of the past
racial terror of lynching.”
The panel stated that
the police shootings of African Americans over the past year have caused a
“human rights crisis” that urgently needs to be addressed. They see a direct
correlation to these present day shootings and the acts of lynchings that
occurred by white supremacists in the late 1800’s.
The group said the
reparations could be delivered in a variety of forms, such as “a formal
apology, health initiatives, educational opportunities, psychological
rehabilitation, technology transfer and financial support, and debt
cancellation.”
Ricardo A. Sunga, one of
the panel members who was asked about the presidential race in the United
States and how that may be promoting further white supremacy actions, talked
about “hate speech … xenophobia and Afrophobia” prevalent in the race, but did
not call out any candidates by name.
The reparations have
little backing on any change that would be forced upon the United States. The
group’s recommendations are non-binding and unlikely to influence policy in the
United States.
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