MONEY FOR ISRAEL, NOTHING FOR AFRICANS

Why does the United States give so much money to Israel while refusing to pay reparations to African people? The answer is simple: Supporting Israel advances US imperial interests, but the same cannot be said about reparations. African people kidnapped and trafficked to the United States during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (real name European slave) were not brought over to be made citizens. They were meant to be exploited. Time and time again. It's hard to put a figure on how much is owed on generations of exploitation, enslavement, and other impacts of white supremacy that Africans in the United States have survived.

On the other hand, the US relationship with Israel is quite different. Both are settler colonies that became states through the continual encroachment, annexation and ethnic cleansing of indigenous people's lands. Because of this shared history, they have a natural affinity so that the United States can rely on Israel as a strategic ally located at the crossroads of Africa and Asia.

In 2021, Bishop Talbert Swan, president of a local chapter in the US state of Vermont of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), spoke about reparations as money owed to Africans in the United States.

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