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.#Reparations is an idea whose time as finally come. Even Biden has recognised that now. Justice delayed justice denied. We need to honestly calculate the costs of damage for enslavement and colonialism, and repair it. #Maafa #ReparationsNow
With mainstream leaders like Biden, Obama and, erm, Vince Cable backing the moral case for #Reparations we urgently need a progressive debate to counter two-pronged opposition of “move on” and ‘post-racial Commonwealth / overseas aid counts’ tendencies.
.#Reparations includes, but is more than, a fair trade playing field debt or write-off (it’s already paid). It’s also the legacy of anti-Black racism today manifesting itself in worse job, housing, health & criminal justice outcomes for descendent of enslaved & colonised lands.
The Haitian Revolution and the Hole in French High-School History | The New Yorker newyorker.com/culture/cultur… #AFR101
Interesting account of Venture Smith, but how twisted is it, @LindseyMcGinnis, to say that Broteer Furro by escaping slavery and becoming a property owner was "fulfilling "his American dream." Miseducation or just pure malevolence? #AFR101 csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2… #Maafa
Together, these two articles on public histories of Africans resisting slavery-the first, in an act of nation-building, the second a personal act of self-determination-call for Black people to develop a unique interpretative framework on the past.
