The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise 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.
The resolution - proposed by Ghana - called for this designation, while also urging UN member states to consider apologising for the slave trade and contributing to a reparations fund. It does not mention a specific amount of money.
The proposal was adopted with 123 votes in favour and three against - the United States, Israel and Argentina.
Countries like the UK have long rejected calls to pay reparations, saying today’s institutions cannot be held responsible for past wrongs.
So, 10 to 13 million people is bad, but 7 to 10 million people is not as bad? Not even 70% as bad? So if we are counting the countries that benefited we should also add Turkey and Saudi Arabia (the ottoman empire) to the list. Great, now how much, and who gets the money? If I am a mixed American with ancestry from both Ireland and West africa, should I get money or should I pay money? Is Mexico paying me? Is Turkey paying me? Which percentage?
we can go on an on. This is just silly…
Transatlantic slave trade is nothing more than a deflection argument filled with disinformation and little substance. Even the conditions of the slaves were nowhere near comparable. Slaves deported to the Americas were treated as literal cattle. https://review.gale.com/2025/04/08/african-slavery-vs-trans-atlantic-slave-trade/
You’re right. The trans-saharan slaves only had to walk from Africa to the middle east.
So much better.
Is that what the article said?
So you are saying that the main problem finally is the way that the US treated the slaves working in the US. I can live with that. So the US needs to recognize the atrocity committed in the past and rectify currently rooted economic disparity in their society so that they can work to support those in disadvantaged condition. That is easy, solid reasoning, does not depend on tracing century old actions and works about fixing the problem. A more social democratic US would be good for sure.
The treatment and also the scale of the slavery which drained Africa of manpower over a short periode of time and left huge critical gaps in its society which effects echo till this day.