This crime, for which no one was convicted, was one of the most severe single instances of racial violence in the history of the United States, and is finally being openly discussed after decades of national silence. We must accept that the entire history of the United States has involved the violent extraction of wealth and labor from Black people. The United States must reckon with that history, and chart a new path – a path that begins with reparations. The United States also helped ensure reparations were paid to Jewish people by Germany after the Holocaust. The question is if we believe the United States owes African Americans their due, and any reasonable reader of American history would respond with an exasperated “yes, no shit”.

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2021 10:24 UTC