We, the lineage of Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved and who descend from both African and Indigenous peoples native to this land, identify as Foundational Black Americans and stand united against outside interference in the reparations claim.

We reject attempts by the African Union to interfere in reparations owed to us by the U.S. government. Our lineage is unique and rooted in a mix of African ancestry, Indigenous American blood, and the forced genetic legacy of European colonizers. We are not African immigrants. We are not citizens of the African Union. We are a separate, self-defined group whose ancestors built this country and whose justice claim stands on its own.

While we stand in solidarity with other Black descendants of slavery across the world, this petition is exclusively for Foundational Black Americans in the United States and our specific justice claim, which includes reparations owed from both the U.S. and the African Union for their respective roles in our generational suffering.

✅ OUR POSITION IS CLEAR:

 The African Union, made up of 55 nations—many of which directly participated in the transatlantic slave trade—has no moral, legal, or political authority to insert itself into U.S. reparations owed specifically to Foundational Black Americans.

 We are not a “6th Region of Africa.” We are not under your jurisdiction.

We did not survive centuries of genocide, enslavement, sharecropping, Jim Crow, COINTELPRO, mass incarceration, redlining, and systemic erasure just to split our justice claim with foreign nations that were complicit in our original oppression.

✊🏾 OUR DEMANDS:

 We demand:

1. ✍🏽 U.S. Recognition of Lineage-Based Reparations

 The U.S. government must publicly recognize Foundational Black Americans as a distinct ethnic group and affirm that reparations owed are based solely on our specific historical lineage—not pan-African identity or racial solidarity.

2. 🚫 No African Union Involvement

 We demand no participation, leadership, or influence from the African Union or any of its member nations in the organization, negotiation, distribution, or management of reparations owed to FBA.

3. 💰 Reparations From the African Union

 If the African Union chooses to claim us as part of its "6th Region,” it must also acknowledge its historical role in the trafficking of our ancestors—and pay reparations to FBA for its participation in the slave trade.

 The African Union must:

•  Formally acknowledge its participation in transatlantic slavery.
•  Create a reparations commission dedicated to addressing its complicity.
•  Provide direct reparations to Foundational Black Americans for generational damage caused by African complicity in our enslavement and displacement.

4. 🛑 Respect for FBA Autonomy

 FBA are not property of Africa. We are not to be claimed, absorbed, or represented without consent.

Our movement, our lineage, and our reparations claim will not be shared, split, or compromised.

📢 WHY THIS MATTERS:

 This petition is about boundaries, dignity, and self-determination.

We’ve spent centuries being exploited—from every angle. Now that reparations are being seriously discussed, global actors want to jump in and profit from our pain.

This is a hard line in the sand.

FBA reparations belong to FBA—period.

If the African Union wants to speak, it should start by apologizing, acknowledging, and paying its own overdue debt.

🖊️ SIGN & SHARE:

 We’re not asking. We’re declaring.

 Sign this petition if you stand with FBA lineage and demand justice from ALL sides of oppression—foreign and domestic.