Black Americans—those descended from U.S. chattel slavery—have a distinct and exclusive claim to reparations. The African Union, which represents African nations and not the descendants of American slavery, has no standing in our justice claim. We demand that all reparations discussions and disbursements be lineage-based and exclude African immigrants and AU representatives.

To:

United Nations • U.S. Congress • Office of the President • California Reparations Task Force • NAARC • N'COBRA • All Reparations Committees & Advisory Boards

 

We, the undersigned Foundational Black Americans (FBA)—descendants of enslaved Africans trafficked and exploited within what became the United States—stand firmly opposed to any efforts to include the African Union or African immigrant populations in U.S.-based reparations discussions, negotiations, or payments.

 

🔴 WHY WE'RE DEMANDING THIS ACTION

 

1. Our Claim Is Lineage-Based, Not Color-Based

 

The reparations owed to Black Americans are rooted in a specific lineage of people who survived centuries of:

 

U.S. chattel slavery,

 

Racial apartheid (Jim Crow),

 

Discriminatory housing, employment, policing, and incarceration practices.

 

 

This is not a pan-African payout. It is a legal and moral debt owed to a specific ethnic group with a distinct history inside the borders of the United States.

 

2. African Immigrants Are Not Entitled to Our Reparations

 

African immigrants, while Black in appearance, have not:

 

Descended from enslaved people in the U.S.,

 

Lived under generations of U.S. race-based exclusion,

 

Fought for civil rights protections that they now benefit from.

 

 

They came voluntarily—often for opportunity—and are not victims of U.S. slavery, Jim Crow, or intergenerational U.S. racial oppression.

 

3. The African Union Does Not Represent Us

 

The African Union is a coalition of sovereign African nations, not a representative body for Black Americans. Black Americans are not African citizens, nor were our enslaved ancestors protected or supported by African governments. In fact, many African leaders historically participated in the transatlantic slave trade.

 

We reject any suggestion that the AU has moral or political standing to speak on our behalf or to demand a share of reparations intended for us.

 

 

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✊🏽 OUR DEMANDS:

 

We call on all U.S. and international bodies to:

 

1. Reject the inclusion of the African Union in any and all U.S.-based reparations panels, commissions, or decision-making spaces.

 

 

2. Ensure all reparations eligibility is based strictly on lineage, i.e., verifiable descent from enslaved Black Americans.

 

 

3. Protect the integrity of the reparations movement by preventing dilution of our claim by outside, unrelated populations.

 

 

 

 

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📢 SIGN THIS PETITION

 

If you believe in justice for Black Americans, if you know the debt is ours and ours alone, and if you want reparations to goTo:

United Nations • U.S. Congress • Office of the President • California Reparations Task Force • NAARC • N'COBRA • All Reparations Committees & Advisory Boards

 

We, the undersigned Foundational Black Americans (FBA)—descendants of enslaved Africans trafficked and exploited within what became the United States—stand firmly opposed to any efforts to include the African Union or African immigrant populations in U.S.-based reparations discussions, negotiations, or payments.

 

🔴 WHY WE'RE DEMANDING THIS ACTION

 

1. Our Claim Is Lineage-Based, Not Color-Based

 

The reparations owed to Black Americans are rooted in a specific lineage of people who survived centuries of:

 

U.S. chattel slavery,

 

Racial apartheid (Jim Crow),

 

Discriminatory housing, employment, policing, and incarceration practices.

 

 

This is not a pan-African payout. It is a legal and moral debt owed to a specific ethnic group with a distinct history inside the borders of the United States.

 

2. African Immigrants Are Not Entitled to Our Reparations

 

African immigrants, while Black in appearance, have not:

 

Descended from enslaved people in the U.S.,

 

Lived under generations of U.S. race-based exclusion,

 

Fought for civil rights protections that they now benefit from.

 

 

They came voluntarily—often for opportunity—and are not victims of U.S. slavery, Jim Crow, or intergenerational U.S. racial oppression.

 

3. The African Union Does Not Represent Us

 

The African Union is a coalition of sovereign African nations, not a representative body for Black Americans. Black Americans are not African citizens, nor were our enslaved ancestors protected or supported by African governments. In fact, many African leaders historically participated in the transatlantic slave trade.

 

We reject any suggestion that the AU has moral or political standing to speak on our behalf or to demand a share of reparations intended for us.

 

 

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✊🏽 OUR DEMANDS:

 

We call on all U.S. and international bodies to:

 

1. Reject the inclusion of the African Union in any and all U.S.-based reparations panels, commissions, or decision-making spaces.

 

 

2. Ensure all reparations eligibility is based strictly on lineage, i.e., verifiable descent from enslaved Black Americans.

 

 

3. Protect the integrity of the reparations movement by preventing dilution of our claim by outside, unrelated populations.

 

 

 

 

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📢 SIGN THIS PETITION

 

If you believe in justice for Black Americans, if you know the debt is ours and ours alone, and if you want reparations to goTo:

United Nations • U.S. Congress • Office of the President • California Reparations Task Force • NAARC • N'COBRA • All Reparations Committees & Advisory Boards

Thank.ypu.