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United Nations Panel: U.S. Owes Black People Reparations for History of Slavery
Bretibarts' Big Government ^ | by Katherine Rodriguez | by KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ

Posted on 09/27/2016 7:13:59 PM PDT by drewh

A United Nations-affiliated group in Geneva is calling for the U.S. to give African Americans reparations for the country’s history of slavery, according to a recent report by the group.

The group’s statement was part of a study by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a group that reports to the international organization’s High Commissioner on Human Rights.

The group of experts, made up of leading human rights lawyers from around the world, presented its findings about the link between the U.S.’s history of slavery and present injustices, such as the recent police shootings of African Americans.

“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 said that police shootings of African Americans during the past year have caused a “human rights crisis” that is in urgent need of addressing and compared recent shootings to acts of lynchings in the late 1800s.

The group said the reparations could come 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, talked about “hate speech … xenophobia (and) Afrophobia” prevalent in the race, but did not call out any candidates by name.

The reparations, however, are unlikely to occur since the group’s recommendations are non-binding and unlikely to influence policy in the United States.

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1 posted on 09/27/2016 7:13:59 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

60 years of free chit nope were done here


2 posted on 09/27/2016 7:15:34 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: drewh

When Saudi Arabia pays reparations for current ongoing slavery actions.


3 posted on 09/27/2016 7:15:46 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: drewh

U.N. pandering to Obama with black racism...not there is a switch.


4 posted on 09/27/2016 7:16:11 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: drewh

FUun


5 posted on 09/27/2016 7:16:20 PM PDT by soycd
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To: drewh

Come and take it.


6 posted on 09/27/2016 7:16:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: drewh

Include The Irish Slaves also

:)


7 posted on 09/27/2016 7:16:49 PM PDT by vooch
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To: drewh

BS . The Union owes the Southern states for invasion & pillage. The wrong side won in 1865 .


8 posted on 09/27/2016 7:18:18 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: al baby

Maybe we can just apply it as a credit against all the welfare checks, food stamps, cell phones, and all of the other free stuff we’ve given them over the years, and send them a bill for the difference.


9 posted on 09/27/2016 7:19:23 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: drewh

Getting the US out of the UN has become an issue again....


10 posted on 09/27/2016 7:21:14 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: drewh

The Huns and the Mongols and the Romans owe me some money.


11 posted on 09/27/2016 7:21:15 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: drewh

The most beautiful Trump Tower ever to go on the former site of the UN.


12 posted on 09/27/2016 7:21:33 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: drewh
So, the one nation that abolished slavery 150 years ago have to pay reparations, while nations that still practice slavery today don't have to.

13 posted on 09/27/2016 7:22:01 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: drewh

WOW factor that in to the national debt? Cuckoo, I am pretty sure some folks are already calling their lawyers so’s they can gets paid.


14 posted on 09/27/2016 7:22:44 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Hey Obama Guns don't kill people, Radical Muslims kill people.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Amen to that.


15 posted on 09/27/2016 7:22:55 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: drewh

a link between this and the BLM movement?? Hmmm.....

Better ask the Secretary General wannabe.


16 posted on 09/27/2016 7:23:59 PM PDT by llevrok (Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
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To: drewh

I’ll chip in for one-way tix to Africa and a mule.


17 posted on 09/27/2016 7:25:06 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: drewh
A United Nations-affiliated group in Geneva is calling for the U.S. to give African Americans reparations

I agree. Repatriation would be the best for all parties.

18 posted on 09/27/2016 7:25:48 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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To: drewh

And the muslims get a pass on their slavery. Seems like all the UN’s big ideas revolve around the USA footing the bill for something or other. If Trump gets elected, these grifters will slide back under their slimy rocks, taking their whacky views with them. Who knows maybe he can even get them kicked out of the country. Let France have them.


19 posted on 09/27/2016 7:26:41 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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Reparations paid in full.
Over 750 000 dead, tens of thousands without arms, legs, eyes. Homes and families destroyed.
Work it all out it is one white person gave up all he had to free one black person.
Wonder how many of these UN idiots would volunteer to give up their lives to free anyone.


20 posted on 09/27/2016 7:27:16 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (HANDGUNS; You don’t need it until you need it. And when you need it you NEED IT!”)
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