Throughout time and across different regions of the world, people have withstood countless injustices. Though the violence, unfortunately, remains a constant, the means by which these crimes are addressed vary throughout history. A relatively recent method by which governments attempt to atone for such crimes has been through different forms of reconciliation and restorative justice. In this podcast, Youdane and Daniel will be discussing the history of truth and reconciliation commissions and the circumstances through which they were implemented in various countries such as South Africa, Peru, and Sierra Leone. After, the speakers will discuss the legacy of the “original sin”, slavery, in the United States and analyze how the racist structures of the past manifest in the present. The podcast hosts will delve into the Black Lives Matter movement and its significance as well as the position of the Biden administration on the question of reparations and transformative justice as a means of addressing white supremacy and the legacy of slavery in the country.

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