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| Topic | How come no one talks about corporations and Europe paying reparations? |
| Antifar 11/13/19 3:20:35 PM #9: | They do, you just don't pay attention https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/uk-resists-reparation-slavery To the extent that you hear more about reparations in the context of the US, a few explanations seem likely 1) you are an American and largely surrounded by American voices, as opposed to those whose ancestors were victims of European powers 2) The US has a much larger black population than any European country; the examples I linked above come from Caribbean nations, rather than those living in Europe who have a democratic say in how it operates. --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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