Reconciliation with the past can develop from the condemnation of colonialism.
The truth on this historical period can be established by recognizing one's behaviour as criminal.
If accompanied from a widespread information campaign, this allows to finally gain awareness of what has happened in that dark period and to lay the foundations for a deep reconciliation of the population of the colonizing nations, struck by the atrocities committed by their own ancestors.
All of this would bring to overcome that diffused mixture of collective removal and racism formed because of the colonial policies of the past centuries, creating the conditions for the presentation of apologies to the colonized nations.
For further information:
Truth and reconciliation commission
2009 International Year of Reconciliation
Enough of aid – let’s talk reparations
Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation
Reparations Are a Peace Treaty
With Reparations, We Must Demand Repair—and Heal Ourselves
On Reparations, Let Impacted Communities Lead the Way
Beyond Compensation for Reparations
Why the West is morally bound to offer reparations for slavery
