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U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel
The Washington Compost ^ | September 27, 2016

Posted on 09/27/2016 4:06:11 PM PDT by BradtotheBone

The history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva.

This conclusion was part of a study by the United Nations' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a body that reports to the international organization's High Commissioner on Human Rights. The group of experts, which includes leading human rights lawyers from around the world, presented its findings to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, pointing to the continuing link between present injustices and the dark chapters of American history.

"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."

Citing the past year's spate of police officers killing unarmed African American men, the panel warned against "impunity for state violence," which has created, in its words, a "human rights crisis" that "must be addressed as a matter of urgency."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: badwhites; reparations; unitednations
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1 posted on 09/27/2016 4:06:11 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
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To: BradtotheBone

The UN can go F itself!


2 posted on 09/27/2016 4:07:19 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: BradtotheBone

No, the US does not.


3 posted on 09/27/2016 4:07:31 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: BradtotheBone
FU'UN
4 posted on 09/27/2016 4:07:38 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: BradtotheBone

WHAT a load...


5 posted on 09/27/2016 4:08:01 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: BradtotheBone

Here’s a different idea. Think on it UN.

Once Trump is president, why dont each and every one of you and the representatives from the Bastard Israel/US hating states that are allowed to take part, go #### your mothers, THEN find new jobs when Trump destroys funding.

McD’s is hiring.

The days of whores, narcotics and blocking traffic without concern are over for the UN.


6 posted on 09/27/2016 4:08:55 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: BradtotheBone

I think the US owes the United Nations and its insufferable, worthless, excessively paid bureaucrats a MASSIVE REDUCTION IN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS once Donald Trump takes office.


7 posted on 09/27/2016 4:09:15 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: BradtotheBone

They’ve already had their reparations. They were called welfare and affirmative action.


8 posted on 09/27/2016 4:09:24 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: BradtotheBone

Well the Arab traders who sent them here can pony up the majority of what the UN thinks they are owed. Once we see they have paid maybe we will consider it. And maybe not.


9 posted on 09/27/2016 4:09:26 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: BradtotheBone

We pay for maybe 25% of the whole UN budget, give them a place to stay in NYC.

They need TO LEAVE.


10 posted on 09/27/2016 4:09:34 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: BradtotheBone

BS!


11 posted on 09/27/2016 4:10:20 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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12 posted on 09/27/2016 4:10:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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he history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva.

Not from me. I had no personal responsibility for any harm done by slavery, and so I have no personal duty or guilt.

13 posted on 09/27/2016 4:10:36 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: BradtotheBone

Mo money
mo money
here we go
here we go


14 posted on 09/27/2016 4:10:42 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: BradtotheBone

The total spent on the War on Poverty is a sum large enough to buy EVERY share of EVERY company on the NYSE, with enough left over to buy EVERY acre of farmland in the USA.


15 posted on 09/27/2016 4:10:45 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: BradtotheBone

Of course only the US is targeted and all the money will end up in Obama’s and his terrorist buddies’ hands.


16 posted on 09/27/2016 4:10:56 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: BradtotheBone

600,000 dead is enough reparations.


17 posted on 09/27/2016 4:11:01 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: BradtotheBone

I have one thing to say: NUTS!


18 posted on 09/27/2016 4:11:24 PM PDT by blueplum ((March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?))
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19 posted on 09/27/2016 4:11:36 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: BradtotheBone

The slaves are all dead. How will they spend it?


20 posted on 09/27/2016 4:13:01 PM PDT by Crucial
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