Post by bornallah on Apr 8, 2008 19:01:36 GMT -5
The following is offered as ammunition against the arguments of those who
attempt to shift the blame for the Holocaust of Enslavement to the Victims:
Categories Holocaust Period
1551 - 1865
Post Holocaust Period
1865 - present
Entitlement &
Responsibility
Victims
Enslaved Africans: 10 to 100 million
enslaved, murder, raped, robbed of
their homeland, culture, language,
family life, labor; endured
dehumanizing enslavement for more
than 300 years
Enslaved African descendants in the
Diaspora: over 3000 lynched, jim
crow-segregation, denied education,
jobs, equal justice in court, access to
housing healthcare, etc
Entitlement: full and complete
Reparations and Restitution,
i.e. equitable remedy for the
injuries suffered in order to
heal and repair ourselves
Collaborators
Some Africans amongst the victims,
who betrayed and soldout their own
people. All groups of people have
sellouts and traitors. Africans had
(and have) theirs also. Collaboration
can be brought on by outside force
and/or an immediate concern for
one’s own survival
Descendants of collaborating African
families, ethnic groups & states that
were in a position of power during
era of enslavement; did not benefit
from the enslavement of other
Africans, as did Europeans as
evidenced by the level of poverty in
Africa today compared to the wealth
of America and Europe
Responsibility: must amend
for betraying their people.
However this is a family
problem that must be
addressed internally by the
African Family and not
influenced by outsiders
Perpetrators
European enslavers, slave companies,
slave ship builders, European
governments, the Church, etc. Those
who initiated, controlled, sustained
and truly benefited from the Trans-
Atlantic enslavement of Africans.
Those who actually carried out the
holocaust.
The enslavers' descendants:
individuals, families, companies, US
government, Church, etc Those who
inherited the wealth and power
derived from the holocaust, e.g.
Aetna, FleetBoston, CSX, Thomas
Jefferson Estate, George Washington
Estate, etc
Responsibility: make
complete amends and pay full
compensation as determined
by the victim’s descendants.
Change the social and
economic structure to ensure
permanent parity for all Black
People.
Beneficiaries
Slavery investors, Europeans,
colonial governments & their citizens
that allowed and encouraged
perpetrators with their tax money and
votes.
All people living in the U.S. and
benefiting from profits from the
holocaust, whether they were born
here or not- they access wealth and
benefits.
Responsibility: acknowledge
the Holocaust of African
Enslavement, the benefits
received and their obligation
to support Restitution.
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attempt to shift the blame for the Holocaust of Enslavement to the Victims:
Categories Holocaust Period
1551 - 1865
Post Holocaust Period
1865 - present
Entitlement &
Responsibility
Victims
Enslaved Africans: 10 to 100 million
enslaved, murder, raped, robbed of
their homeland, culture, language,
family life, labor; endured
dehumanizing enslavement for more
than 300 years
Enslaved African descendants in the
Diaspora: over 3000 lynched, jim
crow-segregation, denied education,
jobs, equal justice in court, access to
housing healthcare, etc
Entitlement: full and complete
Reparations and Restitution,
i.e. equitable remedy for the
injuries suffered in order to
heal and repair ourselves
Collaborators
Some Africans amongst the victims,
who betrayed and soldout their own
people. All groups of people have
sellouts and traitors. Africans had
(and have) theirs also. Collaboration
can be brought on by outside force
and/or an immediate concern for
one’s own survival
Descendants of collaborating African
families, ethnic groups & states that
were in a position of power during
era of enslavement; did not benefit
from the enslavement of other
Africans, as did Europeans as
evidenced by the level of poverty in
Africa today compared to the wealth
of America and Europe
Responsibility: must amend
for betraying their people.
However this is a family
problem that must be
addressed internally by the
African Family and not
influenced by outsiders
Perpetrators
European enslavers, slave companies,
slave ship builders, European
governments, the Church, etc. Those
who initiated, controlled, sustained
and truly benefited from the Trans-
Atlantic enslavement of Africans.
Those who actually carried out the
holocaust.
The enslavers' descendants:
individuals, families, companies, US
government, Church, etc Those who
inherited the wealth and power
derived from the holocaust, e.g.
Aetna, FleetBoston, CSX, Thomas
Jefferson Estate, George Washington
Estate, etc
Responsibility: make
complete amends and pay full
compensation as determined
by the victim’s descendants.
Change the social and
economic structure to ensure
permanent parity for all Black
People.
Beneficiaries
Slavery investors, Europeans,
colonial governments & their citizens
that allowed and encouraged
perpetrators with their tax money and
votes.
All people living in the U.S. and
benefiting from profits from the
holocaust, whether they were born
here or not- they access wealth and
benefits.
Responsibility: acknowledge
the Holocaust of African
Enslavement, the benefits
received and their obligation
to support Restitution.
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