If personal guilt is not inherited, can institutional responsibility still endure across generations? This debate examines one of the central questions raised by The Sacrificed Are Told to Thank the Altar: whether continuing institutions may inherit the wealth and prestige of colonialism while denying the liabilities that accompanied them. Read More
What happens when empire presents extraction as investment and the descendants of the oppressed are told they owe a debt to the machinery that exploited them? This Deep Dive explores Dr. Bichara Sahely’s concept of colonial debt reversal, reframing reparations as institutional responsibility and the restoration of life-capacities rather than inherited guilt or charity. Read More
