Former Colonial Powers Suddenly Concerned About 'Stability'
The Guardian reports African leaders are pushing for colonial-era crimes to be recognized and addressed through reparations, a call for justice that has simmered for centuries. While the article notes the 'heavy price' African nations continue to pay, it conveniently sidesteps the beneficiaries: former colonial powers whose vast wealth was built on extraction and exploitation. One might expect a
bit more introspection from nations that lecture others on human rights. This push isn't new; calls for reparations have been consistently met with deafening silence or outright dismissal from Europe and the US. Those same nations, quick to sanction and intervene over perceived injustices elsewhere, suddenly find 'historical complexity' when their own culpability is front and center. How long can
a continent be expected to subsidize its oppressors before demanding its due?