Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama accused the Trump administration of “normalizing the erasure” of Black history, warning that US policies could have ripple effects in other parts of the world. Speaking in New York City on Tuesday, Mahama was referring to moves such as the dismantling of slavery exhibits, the restoration of Confederate statues, and the removal of Black history courses from school curricula, Reuters reported. “These policies are becoming a template for other governments as well as some private institutions,” Mahama said. “At the very least, they are slowly normalizing the erasure.” The Ghanaian president is set to propose a resolution at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday to recognize transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime in the history of humankind” and to demand reparations.
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My dude, the US normalized that shit literally centuries ago
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He’s right. Trump even wiped the page of Jackie Robinson off of the DoD website for God’s sake.
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>demand reparations
They better have a component where they contribute to the fund that pays the diaspora, cause the African kingdoms then were the ones who captured civilians and sold them to western powers as slaves, making them willing participants and active beneficiaries.
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Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama accused the Trump administration of “normalizing the erasure” of Black history, warning that US policies could have ripple effects in other parts of the world. Speaking in New York City on Tuesday, Mahama was referring to moves such as the dismantling of slavery exhibits, the restoration of Confederate statues, and the removal of Black history courses from school curricula, Reuters reported. “These policies are becoming a template for other governments as well as some private institutions,” Mahama said. “At the very least, they are slowly normalizing the erasure.” The Ghanaian president is set to propose a resolution at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday to recognize transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime in the history of humankind” and to demand reparations.
My dude, the US normalized that shit literally centuries ago
He’s right. Trump even wiped the page of Jackie Robinson off of the DoD website for God’s sake.
>demand reparations
They better have a component where they contribute to the fund that pays the diaspora, cause the African kingdoms then were the ones who captured civilians and sold them to western powers as slaves, making them willing participants and active beneficiaries.
Yeah, that much was obvious.