Ending Racism Means Addressing Its Historic Legacies

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A person waves a flag calling for reparations from the 1921 Tulsa Massacre during the Juneteenth Festival on June 19, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. © 2021 Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It is a day all governments should recommit to following international human rights law as a guide to ending structural racism once and for all.Racism, in particular anti-Black racism, is deeply…

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