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BBT #11 Snippet | The US Voted Against Calling Slavery a Crime
When the United Nations passed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity, the United States voted no. And across Black America — across the diaspora — the reaction wasn't outrage. It was exhaustion. It was the particular kind of pain that comes not from shock but from confirmation. From having a suspicion you've carried your whole life officially written into the historical record on a vote count. The fact that nobody was surprised is not a sign that it doesn't matter. It's a sign of how deep the wound actually goes.
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