The provided texts, comprising excerpts from a book and a dialogue between scholars, focus intensely on arguing that slavery is not a relic of the past but a foundational “structural event” whose consequences still permeate modern society. The authors assert that the historical injustices of slavery created a “generational curse,” which is defined not mystically, but as an inherited imbalance rooted in psychology, economics, and institutional architecture. Ultimately, the sources uniformly advocate that reparations are an ethical and spiritual necessity—not an act of charity or guilt, but a mandatory “repair” required to close the “unclosed equation of injustice” and liberate both the descendants of the enslaved and the enslavers. The conversation further explains that understanding slavery’s complex history, including its varied global forms and its eventual racialization in the West, is crucial for implementing the multidimensional project of restoration and prevention.