▲ 349 ▼ The UN has voted 123-3 in favour to condemn the enslavement of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Something, something, same map. (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] taygaloocat@leminal.space -26 points 5 months ago (7 children) That's literally .ml's whole thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) Oh yeah, it's totally a radical Marxist–Leninist thing and not at all something obvious advocated for now by the UN (voted against or abstained from near-exclusively by its minority of perpetrators) and human rights organizations like Human Rights Watch: Who should receive reparations? In the US, all Black people who are descended from people subjected to enslavement and who inevitably suffer its present-day legacies should be eligible for reparations. Black people in the US are due reparations as worthy recipients of redress, justice, and reconciliation for atrocities and human rights violations experienced during and since chattel slavery. Although the slave economy built vast generational wealth for whites and propelled the US into global economic leadership, the US government has never adequately accounted for these wrongs, which continue to impact Black people via structural racism and pervasive racial inequality today. While this text is focused on the idea of reparations for Black people in the US, it bears noting that Indigenous communities have faced centuries of displacement, violence, and cultural erasure due to colonization and US policies. The case for reparations is essential here as well—and appropriate reparations in that context might take a very different form. The conversation around reparations is ongoing and involves not only consideration of historical injustices, but also current disparities and the potential for reconciliation and healing within society. If the tankies want to support reparations, then fucking good for them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago Once again driving the point home that the communists are consistently on the right side of history, to the point that when non-communists make the same correct points they get accused of being communists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago* (1 child) Everything I don’t like is tankie. It is neither our whole thing nor is it wholly our thing. Again, the vote was 123 to 3, with abstentions mostly from imperial core / “always the same map” states. They’re the states that benefited from classical imperialism and are still benefiting from neo-imperialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] astraeus@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago Communism involves justice and liberation for all, that does include righting past wrongs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 months ago (1 child) You sound like your family owned slaves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago More likely he still does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) Oh yeah, it's totally a radical Marxist–Leninist thing and not at all something obvious advocated for now by the UN (voted against or abstained from near-exclusively by its minority of perpetrators) and human rights organizations like Human Rights Watch: Who should receive reparations? In the US, all Black people who are descended from people subjected to enslavement and who inevitably suffer its present-day legacies should be eligible for reparations. Black people in the US are due reparations as worthy recipients of redress, justice, and reconciliation for atrocities and human rights violations experienced during and since chattel slavery. Although the slave economy built vast generational wealth for whites and propelled the US into global economic leadership, the US government has never adequately accounted for these wrongs, which continue to impact Black people via structural racism and pervasive racial inequality today. While this text is focused on the idea of reparations for Black people in the US, it bears noting that Indigenous communities have faced centuries of displacement, violence, and cultural erasure due to colonization and US policies. The case for reparations is essential here as well—and appropriate reparations in that context might take a very different form. The conversation around reparations is ongoing and involves not only consideration of historical injustices, but also current disparities and the potential for reconciliation and healing within society. If the tankies want to support reparations, then fucking good for them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago Once again driving the point home that the communists are consistently on the right side of history, to the point that when non-communists make the same correct points they get accused of being communists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago Once again driving the point home that the communists are consistently on the right side of history, to the point that when non-communists make the same correct points they get accused of being communists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago* (1 child) Everything I don’t like is tankie. It is neither our whole thing nor is it wholly our thing. Again, the vote was 123 to 3, with abstentions mostly from imperial core / “always the same map” states. They’re the states that benefited from classical imperialism and are still benefiting from neo-imperialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] astraeus@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] astraeus@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago Communism involves justice and liberation for all, that does include righting past wrongs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 months ago (1 child) You sound like your family owned slaves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago More likely he still does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago More likely he still does. permalink fedilink source parent