Brutalised Africans made Glasgow
amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia…
mansions without plaques
unrevised street names
no memorial.

—Kate Tough, “People Made Glasgow”

“A contemporary sickness has its roots in unredressed wrongs”

Today, 23 August, is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/people-made-glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Glasgow #slavery #abolition #SlaveryHistory #RememberSlavery

Brutalised Africans made Glasgow
amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia…
mansions without plaques
unrevised street names
no memorial.

—Kate Tough, “People Made Glasgow”

“A contemporary sickness has its roots in unredressed wrongs”

Today, 23 August, is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #slavery #abolition #RememberSlavery

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/people-made-glasgow/

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Racism, discrimination and crippled economies and health are among centuries-old legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and part of the stark messages behind the #RememberSlavery special events and newly unveiled chilling exhibits at UN Headquarters.
#un #unitednations
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/04/1148166

“Millones de personas fueron tratadas como simples objetos, en piezas de la maquinaria de la codicia puesta al servicio de quienes se creían con derecho de adueñarse de la vida de quienes consideraban falazmente seres inferiores por el color de su piel cuando, en realidad, eran seres humanos semejantes a ellos”.

✨🌿🌹⚖️⛓️🫂

Link: https://laeradelosderechoshumanos.home.blog/2024/03/25/el-oceano-del-olvido/

#DerechosHumanos #HumanRights #Esclavitud #Slavery #RecuerdoDeLaEsclavitud #RememberSlavery