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Ghana's President John Mahama has received the African Union's backing in pushing the United Nations to recognize transatlantic slavery as the 'gravest crime against humanity.'

There is broad historical consensus that the transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries, which involved the kidnapping, enslavement and transport of millions of Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean, was one of the biggest tragedies in human history.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's a basic part of cognition to compare things when claims of are made about something being the worst. Any 'whataboutism' is your own bias projection. Why do you want to erase the victims of other slavery systems from the conversation?

[–] content_educator_94@thelemmy.club 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a basic part of human decency to shut the fuck after someone totally destroys your whatsboutism in the comments section

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is that what you feel you did?

No but chuckleslord sure fuckin did m8

I just was letting you know that you got spectacularly owned and it was very entertaining