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White Guilt or Justice: The Past History of Reparations
The debate over reparations is often framed as an attempt to impose “white guilt” for events that occurred generations ago. History tells a different story. Reparations are not…
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A Case for Reparations
Reparations are not about rewriting history. They are about confronting what history produced. For the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the legacy of slavery and colonialism is…
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Fifty Degrees Difference, Same Fate
“Legally speaking, the 1917 treaty should still stand, experts in The New York Times also say regarding the matter. They confirm Moorhead’s position that the position of the…
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International Press. International Law. Real Consequences.
A major European publication, Svenska Dagbladet (SvD), has now placed the U.S. Virgin Islands directly within the international legal and geopolitical conversation surrounding Greenland, colonialism, self-determination, and international…
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Update to the People of the United States Virgin Islands
Yesterday, at the request of the Kingdom of Denmark, I met in Christiansted with Ambassador Stig Paolo Piras, Deputy Chief of Mission of Denmark to the United States,…
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‘Ghana was the crime scene’: The country leading the demand for slavery reparations
This year has seen a dramatic change in tone in the global conversation about the transatlantic slave trade. The demand for formal apologies, debt relief and financial compensation…
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