A United Nations committee is calling on the US to begin the process of attempting to give reparations to descendants of enslaved people as part of a larger need to provide “redress for legacies of the past.”
“The Committee is concerned that the lingering legacies of colonialism and slavery continue to fuel racism and racial discrimination in the [US] undermining the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all individuals and communities,” the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination wrote in a report, released on Tuesday.
