These corporate giants finally admitted their role in the horrors of slavery and moved to provide restitution. It took 551 of us to force their hands but we broke their walls of silence. Stay vigilant because we will watch every cent of these payments to ensure justice is actually served.
To: CEOs of Aetna Inc., American International Group, Lloyd\'s of London, New York Life Insurance Company, Southern Mutual Insurance Company, FleetBoston Financial Corporation (Bank of America), AFSA Data Corporation, Brown Brothers Harriman, JP Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank (Bank One), Lehman Brothers, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown and Williamson, Liggett Group Inc., Loews Corporation (Lorrilard), Canadian National Railway, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Railroad, and Westpoint Stevens Inc.
We, the undersigned members of the consuming public, are outraged to learn that you, through your predecessors in interest, played a role in the enslavement of African people.
According to reports, you are accused of benefiting from: stealing African people from their homelands, torturing them to keep them enslaved, stealing their labor, raping African women, and breeding humans like cattle. All of this was done for your economic gain.
Some of you have chosen to lie to the consuming public, on your websites and in other public communications, about the roles you played in slavery. We find this behavior disgraceful.
Today you are multi-billion and trillion dollar entities, while African Americans are still struggling to overcome the vestiges of slavery -- discrimination in housing, employment, education, economic development opportunities, and healthcare opportunities, to name a few. All this, while you continue to grow richer off the fruits of their enslaved African ancestors’ labor.
We demand that you take responsibility for your present consumer fraud, and your historical crimes against humanity.
We urge your institutional investors to demand that you do the same.
Tell the Truth! Pay the Debt! Reparations Now!
We hit 100 signatures today and the corporate ghouls on this list are finally starting to feel the heat. Stop hiding behind your websites because we know exactly how you built your stolen fortunes.
Reached 100 supporters
December 22, 2005
23 Comments
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Ashley Harris
8 years ago
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We have to make this country work for us. We are systemically forced to the bottom and it has to stop.
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Rachel Agarrat Cryer
9 years ago
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They owe us. I am for equal pay for women, but I am also for equal pay and opportunity access for African Americans. According to the US Census, approximately 25% of African Americans household incomes are below the poverty level, less than $15,000 per year.
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Steve Smith
9 years ago
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yes, if this country can afford to spend trillions on the military budgets, trillions in bail outs, trillions to prisons and trillions on religious institutions then this government can afford to pay reparations to the African American community
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Pamela Woodley Wells
9 years ago
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I, Pamela Woodley Wells am a descendant of Slaves. My Grandparents told Me that My last name was given to them by a British slaveowner. As an African American who has studies the Transatlantic Slave Trade it's inevitable that all Blacks have been psychological traumatized by the horrendous inhumane paradigm of Slavery and the disparaging disenfranchisement that Slaves sufferers the to the dynamic of indentured servitude, which continues to be a pervasive issue in America today.
I advocate reparations for Black America because We deserve it and demand that the Federal Government and all businesses that capitialized on the labor of Slaves pay for the disenfranchisement of the Black race.
D
douglas goodridge
10 years ago
Featured
my ancestors suffered the worst tortured in slavery known and they decendant today .we want our land and payment for our services.
A
allison offord
12 years ago
Featured
The debt must be paid for the inhumane treatment of black people during slavery. The psychological chains of slavery still affects black people today. Blacks were also involved in the Jewish holocaust in Germany, and they did not get any Reparations.
These corporate giants finally admitted their role in the horrors of slavery and moved to provide restitution. It took 551 of us to force their hands but we broke their walls of silence. Stay vigilant because we will watch every cent of these payments to ensure justice is actually served.
To: CEOs of Aetna Inc., American International Group, Lloyd\'s of London, New York Life Insurance Company, Southern Mutual Insurance Company, FleetBoston Financial Corporation (Bank of America), AFSA Data Corporation, Brown Brothers Harriman, JP Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank (Bank One), Lehman Brothers, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown and Williamson, Liggett Group Inc., Loews Corporation (Lorrilard), Canadian National Railway, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Railroad, and Westpoint Stevens Inc.
We, the undersigned members of the consuming public, are outraged to learn that you, through your predecessors in interest, played a role in the enslavement of African people.
According to reports, you are accused of benefiting from: stealing African people from their homelands, torturing them to keep them enslaved, stealing their labor, raping African women, and breeding humans like cattle. All of this was done for your economic gain.
Some of you have chosen to lie to the consuming public, on your websites and in other public communications, about the roles you played in slavery. We find this behavior disgraceful.
Today you are multi-billion and trillion dollar entities, while African Americans are still struggling to overcome the vestiges of slavery -- discrimination in housing, employment, education, economic development opportunities, and healthcare opportunities, to name a few. All this, while you continue to grow richer off the fruits of their enslaved African ancestors’ labor.
We demand that you take responsibility for your present consumer fraud, and your historical crimes against humanity.
We urge your institutional investors to demand that you do the same.
Tell the Truth! Pay the Debt! Reparations Now!
We hit 100 signatures today and the corporate ghouls on this list are finally starting to feel the heat. Stop hiding behind your websites because we know exactly how you built your stolen fortunes.
Reached 100 supporters
December 22, 2005
23 Comments
A
Ashley Harris
8 years ago
Featured
We have to make this country work for us. We are systemically forced to the bottom and it has to stop.
R
Rachel Agarrat Cryer
9 years ago
Featured
They owe us. I am for equal pay for women, but I am also for equal pay and opportunity access for African Americans. According to the US Census, approximately 25% of African Americans household incomes are below the poverty level, less than $15,000 per year.
S
Steve Smith
9 years ago
Featured
yes, if this country can afford to spend trillions on the military budgets, trillions in bail outs, trillions to prisons and trillions on religious institutions then this government can afford to pay reparations to the African American community
P
Pamela Woodley Wells
9 years ago
Featured
I, Pamela Woodley Wells am a descendant of Slaves. My Grandparents told Me that My last name was given to them by a British slaveowner. As an African American who has studies the Transatlantic Slave Trade it's inevitable that all Blacks have been psychological traumatized by the horrendous inhumane paradigm of Slavery and the disparaging disenfranchisement that Slaves sufferers the to the dynamic of indentured servitude, which continues to be a pervasive issue in America today.
I advocate reparations for Black America because We deserve it and demand that the Federal Government and all businesses that capitialized on the labor of Slaves pay for the disenfranchisement of the Black race.
D
douglas goodridge
10 years ago
Featured
my ancestors suffered the worst tortured in slavery known and they decendant today .we want our land and payment for our services.
A
allison offord
12 years ago
Featured
The debt must be paid for the inhumane treatment of black people during slavery. The psychological chains of slavery still affects black people today. Blacks were also involved in the Jewish holocaust in Germany, and they did not get any Reparations.
We have to make this country work for us. We are systemically forced to the bottom and it has to stop.