Sentence examples for commitment to reparations from inspiring English sources
Emanuel has not made a financial commitment to reparations but has promised a route to "closure" for the surviving victims.
She said: "The colonial history, the legacy of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the U.S. remains a serious challenge as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent".
"In particular, the legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the United States remains a serious challenge, as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent.
An apology without a commitment to make amends by way of financial reparations is similar to the "thank you" note that arrives six months after the gift has been received.
The Green Climate Fund, in which rich countries aim to place $100bn a year for poorer nations by 2020, must therefore amount to watertight proof of their commitment to this form of reparations.
Crime reduction charity Nacro welcomed the prime minister's commitment to the principle of reparation.
What I believe would begin to heal this country is a close look at reparations, along with a commitment to effecting them.
Imari Obadele, a teacher and writer whose commitment to black empowerment fired a militant, sometimes violent effort to win reparations for descendants of slaves and to carve out, however quixotically, an African-American republic in the Deep South, died on Jan . 18in Atlanta.
I believe in a negotiated solution to the conflict based on the conditions of justice, truth and reparation for ALL of the victims and a truthful commitment to no repetition.
As Jan von Gerich, a global fixed income strategist for Nordea, a financial services group, pointed out, Finland's commitment to doing the right thing meant it was the only country to meet its reparations bill after the war.
