Posted on 01/29/2016 1:43:24 PM PST by Olog-hai
The United States should consider reparations to African-American descendants of slavery, establish a national human rights commission and publicly acknowledge that the trans-Atlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity, a United Nations working group said Friday.
The U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent released its preliminary recommendations after more than a week of meetings with black Americans and others from around the country, including Baltimore, Chicago, New York City, the District of Columbia and Jackson, Mississippi.
After finishing their fact-finding mission, the working group was "extremely concerned about the human rights situation of African-Americans," chair Mireille Fanon Mendes-France of France said in the report. "The colonial history, the legacy of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the U.S. remains a serious challenge as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent." ...
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If paymejts must be made, they should be paid antimoniously, and rapidly..
When slavery was going on here, my Polish ancestors were being persecuted by the Kulturkampf.
Anything coming from the un is garbage, Those various dictators and pathological criminals can take a leap.
I had an ancestor that was robbed and killed by Vikings. How big of a check can I get?
We need to start weaning them off the tit. Cut our contribution by 99% this year. Eliminate the rest next year. we do need to give something to do the closeout.
“I support reparations to every living former slave.”
By any living former slaveholder. Agreed.
Go to Japan, and live as a Gajin, I had white co workers who were in Japan for 12 months, I was there for over 2 months, the Gajin life style is not easy and they would rather live back home then live there forever.
Get the un out of the US and the US out of the un
its an old chestnut but it still works.
Now gator, now look here man, don’t go talkin about the cotton business now, ya hear me. sarc/
“”Then give every AA family 40 acres and a mule and tell them to support themselves.””
Well, you would give them a few seeds to plant, wouldn’t you? They are so indoctrinated now, it will never turn around. We need a few more blacks in office to make sure the pot keeps boiling...
“glad my great-grandpa got on that boat”
Im glad mine did as well, though one of my ancestors I found out a year ago was also Dutch, so I am glad both of them came here, its the truth and I will not feel sorry for saying that.
It’s long past time to shut down the United Nazis farce
Yep. I say that we find that the UN is a crime against our nation. Throw them out and fine them for all costs to us. They must pay us back all costs, with interest. Funds to be paid to veterans programs.
“The United States is by far the least racist country on the planet...and itâs not even close.”
A flaming lib I knew had told me the same thing. She said if you really want to see racism. Head on over to Europe or Asia.
We already paid at the office.
How traditionally islamic.
They spend sooo much effort on Israel, why the little satan is always wrong.
Now its the big satan.
And yes, they are preparing for their Caliph to take office at the UN.
What will the American fools say once obama openly professes islam and they recognize he advanced their causes?
> at America’s expense and demise???
Important note: US == OIS. Pieceful OIS members are majority in UN.
When speaking or writing about UN, just change UN to OIS to catch the real meaning.
Nobody is alive that suffered, therefore, nobody has “STANDING”
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