The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, a move advocates hope will pave the way for healing and justice.
The resolution - proposed by Ghana - called for this designation, while also urging UN member states to consider apologising for the slave trade and contributing to a reparations fund. It does not mention a specific amount of money.
The proposal was adopted with 123 votes in favour and three against - the United States, Israel and Argentina.
Countries like the UK have long rejected calls to pay reparations, saying today’s institutions cannot be held responsible for past wrongs.
Are they? The trans-atlantic slave trade lasted centuries. Millions died, millions more were enslaved. It’s not a competition, but the amount of victims was easily in tens of millions there and honestly is death worse than chattel slavery?
Millions in the past vs 200 000 within a second in the recent past, but true, not a competition.
I’d rather there not be slaves to ask, really.
Exactly, 200,000 dead in a second plus the cleanup and resulting health/environmental issues… comparatively speaking very low on humanities attrocities, it’s just the speed that stands out.
Japanese treatment of Chinese during shit like Unit 731 caused astronomically more pain and suffering with lasting effects on humanity. The North Atlantic slave trade caused more damage to humanity than the entirety nuclear weapons/energy/research/testing combined.
Pretty much, yeah.
and Koreans.