Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on August 22, 2023, 6:49 pm, in reply to "Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion....."
Isn't the point about reparations that it goes some way to levelling the playing field which is still tilted against non-white people not only by ongoing racism but also by the 'prior accumulation' which puts them at a disadvantage because their ancestors weren't in a position to accumulate wealth while white people parcelled out whole continents between themselves? Thus modern white people might not be directly responsible for atrocities that happened in the past, but we're still benefiting from that legacy, albeit some more than others. I agree that billing all UK citizens indiscriminately would be unjust, but if they targeted corporations or wealthy landowners who made their fortunes off the slave trade that would be something I could get behind. They could start by returning the compensation payments to the families of slave owners, which the UK govt only finished paying out in 2015 - https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/30/fact-check-u-k-paid-off-debts-slave-owning-families-2015/3283908001/ Of course, it's not just about money...
cheers, I
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Message Thread:
- Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... - John Monro August 22, 2023, 3:48 pm
- Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... - Ian M August 22, 2023, 6:49 pm
- Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... - Ken Waldron August 22, 2023, 9:24 pm
- Its just another psyop like gender, etc.. Its simply designed to turn me against my brother. .. - Shyaku August 23, 2023, 12:25 am
- The best reparation would be investment in true racial equality… - Shyaku August 23, 2023, 12:38 am
- Actually, I think this has a lot to do with eradicating the history of working class folk - SueC August 23, 2023, 1:52 pm
- Careful, remember what happened to Jackie Walker....nm - Keith-264 August 23, 2023, 2:24 pm
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