As the year 2020 is about to close, one of its positive achievements certain to make recorded history is its recognition of the truth regarding the black experience. The world opened its eyes in ways it failed to do in the past, to the painful truth surrounding the suffering of black people.
During this year – exactly midway into the United Nations’ ‘International Decade for People of African Descent’ (2015-2024) – the mistreatment of people of African descent has become a focus.
Wikipedia sums it up well:
“The seeds of the International Decade for People of African Descent were sown in 2001 with the Third World Conference against Racism, which led to the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The Durban Declaration, in addition to declaring that the people of Africa had been victimized by slavery and continued to suffer as a result, called for states to adopt specific steps to help combat racism and xenophobia and to protect its victims.”