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African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery, call for formal apologies from European nations (www.theguardian.com)

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The partnership between the 55-member African Union and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) of 20 countries will aim to intensify pressure on former slave-owning nations to engage with the reparations movement.

Delegates also announced the establishment of a global fund based in Africa aiming to accelerate the campaign.

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[–] Lols@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

im aware that it was largely a rich few that were actually responsible for these acts, im arguing that responsibility isnt all that relevant

it shouldnt be about chastising or punishing, it should be about getting folks who continue to have an advantage from horrendous acts to help out folks who continue to have a disadvantage resulting from those horrendous acts in order to level the playing field, because thats the right thing to do