UN: States should make monetary and other reparations to descendants of enslaved and colonized peoples

UN: States should make monetary and other reparations to descendants of enslaved and colonized peoples

The UN Human Rights Office released a report Wednesday focusing on reparations for people of African descent in response to the continuing effects of slavery and colonialism. The UN report floats a “multipronged approach” to address the legacies of slavery and colonialism, which includes the possibility of providing monetary reparations for the descendants of enslaved and colonized peoples. In the report, the UN highlights that 25 to 30 million …