{"id":15929,"date":"2023-03-30T17:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-diplomat-condemns-racism-injustice-against-blacks"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:19:40","slug":"sierra-leonean-diplomat-condemns-racism-injustice-against-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-diplomat-condemns-racism-injustice-against-blacks","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leonean Diplomat Condemns Racism, Injustice Against Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Sierra Leone Permanent Representative to the UN and Chair of the African Group, Alhaji Fanday Turay has openly condemned racism and injustice against blacks.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Commemorative Meeting of the International Day of Remembrance and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Turay said that racism and injustice against blacks still exist in this modern world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a travesty that beyond a century since the abolition of the odious and nefarious enterprise that was the Transatlantic Slave Trade, people of African descent continue to confront systemic and structural forms of hatred,\u201d Turay said.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Turay called on governments to step on board to fight against issues related to racism, prejudice, and discrimination against blacks.<\/p>\n<p>Turay also stated that nations involved in slavery then should seek measures geared towards redress to correct their lasting consequences.<\/p>\n<p>He further urged them to also engage in non-biased teaching of history and payment of reparations to \u201cindividual descendants of slaves and to Africa\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Transatlantic slave trade saw over 12 million Africans being illegally transported to the Americas and later to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Pan-African activists have called on nations that made millions in today\u2019s worth to pay reparations to Africans and Africa while publicly apologizing altogether.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. 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