"UN votes to recognise enslavement of Africans as 'gravest crime against humanity'" -- "Around 12-15 million Africans were captured during the slave trade" -- " two million people died on the journey" -- "UK, one of the major powers involved in the transatlantic slave trade" -- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg06q36052o

I feel

e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards the UK regime when I see this.

#african #africans #enslavement #abduction #humantrafficking #crimeagainsthumanity #massmurder #uk #ukregime #unitedkingdom

UN votes to recognise enslavement of Africans as 'gravest crime against humanity'

The landmark resolution calls for an apology and contributions to a reparations fund, without specifying an amount.

@appassionato

#AIEthics

1/3

"If a machine can internalize and functionally map human distress or joy, figuring out how it should interact with society isn't a coding problem anymore. It’s a philosophical, moral, and spiritual problem.
#AI "

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And, how often has it occured in human history, that "things" that initially, maybe even protractedly, that #Colonial men did not comprehend, have suffered #Reification and/or #Enslavement?
Just think of the indigenous people of #Africa or...

Teaching my research course in the Fall, I ran into a basic question: why enslavement? Of course it made financial sense once it was in place and scaled up but why was it on the table as an option at all ready to pick up in 1619 colonial Virginia? Best I could tell quickly, it goes way way back before Virginia was an idea https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html #enslavement #Virginia #histodons
The 1619 Project

American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin.

The New York Times
Yet Another Lobotomy Diagram Collection
Perfect operation if you want some good mindless slaves
#Tiger #Fox #Pig #Dolphin #Donkey #Anthro #Furry #FurryArt #Lobotomy #Icepick #Dumbification #IQloss #Enslavement #Mindless
All by Kaia M