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."
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Payments ought to be made antimoniously!
did you own a slave or lynch a negro
neither did i
the blacks were victims of the arab slave traders and blacks who captured and traded them... SEND THEM THE BILL
better yet stop paying fo rthe useless un
UN = UNnecessary why do we pay for this clown show and why is it in NYC.....
GET RID OF IT
obama’s family is more arab than black...
its obama’s fault....
What do they have to say about Egypt and reparations for Hebrew slaves? How about islam and modern slaves?
Descendants of slaves owe reparations to the descendants of the 600,000 Americans who lost their lives in the Civil War.
Just another reason for the US to get out of the UN and the UN out of the US
Instead of helping the oppressed people of today the UN worries about dead oppressed people. Perhaps those at the UN are using past crimes by people long dead to oppress people living today.
100% correct.
True words
>>”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.
If this is the standard, then every communist nation, every banana republic, and every islamic state owes reparations to their people.
If the USA owes black people for slavery, how much do the muslims owe — pretty much everyone? Let’s all just divi up Saudi Arabia and call it good.
Trump isn’t gonna play. He will back the States taking out the trash and his DOJ will actually promote justice being SERVED.
The UN needs to make a list of countries that, over their history, abused people. For each country the abuses would be summarized. Then they can put the list in order from best to worst. We’ll see where America stands in the list.
UN should be in jail for corruption.
So, what do the mooselimbs owe the whole world for their islamic terrorism?
The UN would Love to have the Global Government so they can take everyone’s MONEY
Another reason to kick the UN out of America...
Make the democrat party pay $$$ for their creation and support of Jim Crow/segregation...
OK fine, we will give them reparations on the condition that they renounce their citizenship and head back to Africa and are never allowed to return for any reason.
UN Globalists owe American Patriots reparations.
We need to start naming the payors and benefactors.
Seriously?
That ranks right up there with the "Ministry of Silly Walks"
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