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World News@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

West refuses to condemn slavery at UN

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West refuses to condemn slavery at UN

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World News@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

The Global South voted for a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Europe abstained. The US, Israel, and Argentina voted against it.

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I hope in day black folks in the US get reparations.
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  I wouldn’t hold my breath. While I fully support it if it ever happens, I doubt the US will ever even acknowledge the harm it caused.
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    The US that’s reinstalling statues of conquistadors and slavers?

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