Head Of United Nations calls for reparations to ‘overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination’

The head of the United Nations on Monday called for reparations to “overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination” during their International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery. United Nations General Secretary António Guterres called for reparations, citing the past laid the “foundations for a violent discrimination system based on White supremacy.” The remarks were delivered by the Chef de Cabinet, Earle Courtenay Rattray, on behalf of Guterres. “We call for reparatory justice frameworks to help overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination,” he told the U.N.’s General Assembly during International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. “We appeal for the space and necessary conditions for healing, repair and justice.” REPARATIONS EXPERT SAYS SAN FRANCISCO’S APOLOGY TO BLACK RESIDENTS ‘DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING’ WITHOUT ACTION United Nations General Secretary António Guterres addresses a news conference during the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The Transatlantic slave trade involved the kidnapping and trafficking of over 12 million African people across the Atlantic to North and South America – an effort known as the Middle Passage. Countries involved were the British, French, Spanish colonies that later became the United...