original sin

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In an interview with Teen Vogue last year, he called for reparations to be paid to break the “cycle of plantation politics” in the United States and described slavery as one of “America’s original sins.”

From Washington Post

"In the eyes of American officials and politicians, TikTok's Chinese background is an 'original sin'," it added.

From BBC

The invasion “was the original sin,” said Emile Hokayem, a senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think tank.

From New York Times

The United States made some terrible decisions after the original sin of the invasion.

From Washington Post

Unable to narrate himself into the story of Mozambique on that day, Couto has been writing about the country ever since, as if to atone for that original sin.

From New York Times