Jesse Cail
Erika Sumner#BREAKING #News: The #UnitedNations General Assembly has voted to recognize the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", a move advocates hope will pave the way for healing and justice. Note: #UN GA resolutions are not legally binding, though they carry the weight of global opinion.
Gaudy@ErikaSumner
Closely follows by Israel's ethnic cleansing & genocide in Gaza?
Closely follows by Israel's ethnic cleansing & genocide in Gaza?
@gawdy Kindly, whether or not it’s intended, when people try to talk about the history of #slavery & the systemic abuse of #Black people & others change the subject, it can be a form of #BlackErasure. From my experience I’ve found that people do the “What about this group” most when #Black issues are brought up & it’s something all of us who aren’t #Black should be aware of. What’s happening in Gaza is devastating, it’s just not what I’m talking about here. #BLM #Blackmastodon
Travis F W@ErikaSumner @gawdy yes and yes. When *your* life is devastated *today*, that seems more salient, to say the least.
But the xenophobia and anti-Black agenda of the US administration deserves explicit opposition.
For the record while the UK might have built on a kernel of truth, they probably should have just shut their trap, not to mention the US.
RWF@ErikaSumner
This!💯💯💯
Thank you for not allowing the discussion to be derailed... as it typically is.
#slavery #Black #BlackErasure #Black #Black #BLM #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi
Russ Garrett@ErikaSumner I have no idea why neither the BBC nor even the UN's own press release actually links to the resolution, but here it is:
Ur Ya'ar@russss
Thanks I was looking for it too
kriφm 
☮ ⏚🔻"Fifty-two countries abstained, including the United Kingdom and European Union member states."
What a bloody disgrace for France and Europe. What ever happened to all your fine post-WWII resolutions?
Quelle honte pour la France et l'Europe ! Qu'est-il advenu de toutes vos belles résolutions d'après-guerre ?
@ErikaSumner
I think declaring the enslavement of Africans as a grave crime against humanity, and moving towards amending the consequences it has to this days are very important.
But I find it hard to understand the need to rank and compare crimes against humanity and declare one as "the gravest".
Both on a theoretical level - every suffering is different, and comparison is impossible; and on a practical level - it may antagonize groups who suffered themselves, instead of creating solidarity.
I think declaring the enslavement of Africans as a grave crime against humanity, and moving towards amending the consequences it has to this days are very important.
But I find it hard to understand the need to rank and compare crimes against humanity and declare one as "the gravest".
Both on a theoretical level - every suffering is different, and comparison is impossible; and on a practical level - it may antagonize groups who suffered themselves, instead of creating solidarity.