Experts say it’s a step in the right direction, but not enough.
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later the Diaspora Still Suffers | AFRO
“The Transatlantic slave trade … for 400 years deprived Africa of its lifeblood for centuries and transformed the world forever.”
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From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism | The Washington Informer
Decades ago, civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., who now serves a president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, coined the term “environmental racism.” It not only proved a true term, but it also linked several eras to a present day that still harkens back to centuries of demeaning and demoralization of Black Americans since the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade 500 years ago.
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Exploited and Extorted, 30 Africans Drown While Trying to Return Home From Yemen | The New York Times
The mass drowning, in the Gulf of Aden, which separates war-ravaged Yemen from the destitute Horn of Africa, punctuated the lethal hazards facing migrants and refugees in an especially insecure part of the world.
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Reparations Site Asks People to ‘Offset Your Privilege’ with Acts of Kindness | The Guardian
The project by a Seattle-based artist lets strangers help a person of color with anything from childcare to taxes, and has attracted both praise and criticism.
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