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What happened to the indigenous people of the new world, all of this is part of the same conversation. the african part of it is a critical part of it, but it goes beyond the african experience. so, do you think that in the light of the killing of george floyd last year, and the blm protests, that there is a new awakening? i tell you what michelle bachelet, the un human rights commissioner, former president of chile, said after the killing of floyd. "behind todays racial violence, systemic racis...

Working class people, the majority of british people do not know anything of significance about what they did to other people in other parts of the world in order to secure their enrichment. so, yes, we have this diversity of opinion, but this is why reparatoryjustice is much more than a conversation about the african people specifically. what you are talking about is the unravelling of modernity, the crumbling of the structures that supported modernity, the white supremacy, the racism, the colo...

Regardless of which continent they live — the americas, where many enslaved africans ended up, countries like brazil, the caribbean here, europe, all over the world. we all know what we want, but there are different ways to conceptualise it, different ways to proceed. there are multiple roads leading to the roundabout. and we dont want necessarily to have everyone walking like sheep down a narrow path. we are a community of multiple experiences and diversities. in the us, for example, theres a...

On the cover of my recent book, britains black debt, and it shows queen elizabeth visiting the bell sugar plantation in 1966, february, on the eve of independence, and what did the queen do? she came to barbados to visit a sugar plantation that was owned by her first cousin. and here is the earl and the queen on the sugar plantation in barbados in february 1966. a plantation that was bought by the family of the earl in 1782 with 300 slaves! so, its the symbolism of that kind of act. its a powerf...

As a meal and exposed to that, and now we are all addicted to it, with the consequences. we have to repair that. so, you say every community has to go about the way that reparations are made in their own fashion that suits their community? let me tell you what the black entertainment billionaire robertjohnson in the united states says. he wants $14 trillion in reparations. he says, "we, as a country, the united states, "must atone by paying back black people of all stripes, "the rich ones, poor ...

That has to be compensated for in the context of cash repayments and compensation. in the caribbean, we are looking at a different circumstance. we have the highest percentage of diabetes, hypertensions in the world per capita — the result of these sugar plantations where you consume what you grow. you grow sugar, you consume it. now, we all have a sugar problem in the caribbean because weve been eating sugar as a meal and exposed to that, and now we are all addicted to it, with the consequenc...

Reparations are made in their own fashion that suits their community? let me tell you what the black entertainment billionaire robertjohnson in the united states says. he wants $14 trillion in reparations. he says, "we as a country, the united states, must atone by paying back black people of all stripesm the rich ones, poor ones and the middle." i mean, even people like oprah winfrey or lebronjames could be paid under this principle. when somebody like that makes that kind of comment, it invite...

In 1782 with 300 slaves! so, its the symbolism of that kind of act. its a powerful symbolism! what about the commonwealth, though, because there are many who say that it... philip murphy, director of the institute of commonwealth studies, says the commonwealth has an admirable record of progressive causes, most notably the struggle against apartheid. would you want barbados to leave the commonwealth, too? no, i live in the modern world, i live in a realistic environment. the commonwealth is a ve...

Good afternoon. wow, what a difference a day makes. we started today mild, but quite murky out there, with outbreaks of rain. these weather fronts were pushing their way steadily northwards through the night. behind it, introducing this milderairwith night. behind it, introducing this milder air with this southerly flow. that mild areas going to gradually the cold air across much of england and wales. the exception is it will always sit across the far north of scotland. that means there is poten...

Thursday, towards christmas eve, as that weather front continues to push its way steadily north, popping into the cold air, we could see some significant snow to higher ground, 200 metres in the highlands, before it peters out through the night. further south, it peters out through the night. furthersouth, its it peters out through the night. further south, its going to be a misty and foggy start. a milder start, but that is certainly worth bearing in mind if you are a band of travelling to see ...