repost from Final Call

Activists, scholars: U.S. can’t avoid responsibility for slavery

‘People were scared to have the discussion on reparations over the last year and half because they said we have a Black president and should not be discussing it. I want to thank Henry Louis Gates for his opinion editorial, published in the New York Times, because he actually is helping us reenergize the discussion on reparations.’ —Dr. Conrad Worrill

BY TOURE MUHAMMAD -CONTRIBUTING WRITER- | LAST UPDATED: JUN 27, 2010 - 7:12:49 PM

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Although they believe Henry Louis Gates Jr. trivializes a most heinous crime against humanity—the European enslavement of African people—advocates say he has become an unwitting ally to the reparations movement. Read More