A leading reparations activist says there is merit in pursuing a variety of legal strategies that might convince U.S. courts that Black people deserve damages for past treatment in the United States. However, Kamm Howard, of the legislative commission of NCOBRA, the national Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, doesnât believe there is anything ânovelâ about the proposal by Dr. Jahi Issa and Reggie Mabry, that reparations activists recognize that slavery was legal in the U.S., and adjust their legal strategy, according. âSlavery was never legal under international norms,â said Howard. âOnly a small number of nations in Europe colluded together and created some rules among themselves on how to engage in these international crimes. Those were rules amongst criminals.â
The West has deployed the International Criminal Court in the US/NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine.
This weekâs featured author is Naa Oyo A. Kwate. Kwate is associate professor of Africana studies and human ecology at Rutgers. Her book is White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black ExclusionâŚ
The Fujimori regime forcibly sterilized thousands of people in Peru and the victims are still fighting for justice.
