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The legal end of slavery did not undo structural inequalities. Racism constructed its own discourse and shaped the identity of nations, reinforcing the socioeconomic marginalisation of the Black population. Opinion by José Luís Landeira
The United States of America, Israel, and Argentina voted against the resolution.
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution today declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised enslavement as the “most serious crime against humanity” and advocates for historical reparations, in a vote in which Portugal abstained.
