Ssuuna Golooba-Mutebi - Britain Does Owe Reparations

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The motion: This house believes Britain owes reparations to her former colonies.
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[@niory]

listen to him well ... listen to his words and emotions if you have little humanity left in you ... he does not want money ....so listen to him and think about what has been done

[@davidbrowne7103]

sara meachel Except that's not what's being debated. The motion isn't 'THB The Empire was Bad for the Colonies', which should be all but undisputable, but whether Reparations are the appropriate response to our colonial past.

[@niory]

David Browne yes sir I understand you I really do but I also understand him and I see that both of you mean the same thing ... the new generation is Not responsible for the acts of the past generation and its history now but history is to reflect on objectively and see the things that our ancestors weren't able to see and understand why only to raise enough awareness to not repeat the acts of the past because UK is still very greedy country example is the war it lead on Iraq for no good reason beside money and oil and brought about Iraq's total destruction and misery today. And that's what this man also sees but can't voice clearly. We just should reflect and change attitude toward the world I am not English by the way not even related :)

[@snowflakemelter1172]

sara meachel there has been no money made from that war, nor has any oil or any other resources been stolen from their owners. Iraqis have destroyed Iraq , not anyone else.

[@somebodyjustgotshot]

sara meachel Then he probably should start asking for reparations from Turkey & Saudi Arabia first. The Rashidun & Ottoman spread across sub-saharan Africa long before the West did and certainly did far more damage. Oh but wait, come to think of it...why does nobody talk about the previous empires that appeared before the western powers started dabbling in colonialism? Is it because - gasp - it's easier to target moderate white people for easy money & outrage?

[@niory]

Benyamin Il'Aflehki oh come on ! I would love to go after Turkey's and Saudi's asses but who do you think is protecting these two countries from being fairly judged ?! yes THE WHITE NATIONS ! and the European did far more damage and were far more inhuman in their colonizing

[@goodstuff880]

Yes my brother speak the truth, free all of the ignorant minds by filling them with the delectable taste of true wisdom and knowledge, its very nice to see a brother so well spoken and intelligent, please run for pm or at least a party leader, you are a true hero, an inspiration and a wonderful individual.

[@SharlineNabulime]

Golooba Mutebi is absolutely brilliant! I couldn't agree with him more. When the British came to Buganda, they found us already established in government and everything else that made for a powerfully functioning society...Britain does owe reparations.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

We need to admit, Uganda before Arabs/Egyptian and European/British, Uganda do not have city but settlement, build with mud and straw/dry grass, and roof with palm or grass. that it. no stone structure, yes British take resource in Africa, before European Sub-saharan do not have city, it just village, and king living in huge hut. in zimbabwe is the same, one wall not like medieval european city or medieval japan, chinese, cambodia, malaya, java, arab, persian and india city, no road, no sewer, no dam, no hospital, no writing script not even adpoted from others example like ethophia take from old south arabian script and modified it to geez. so britsh modernized Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, many old town and city build by British and Dutch. in swahili coast in kenya down to Tazaniania stone city build by Arabs, fort, palace ,city walls and city gates, road, street and house quater, similar to in any arab city in arabia, levant and north africa. portugese also build fort. kilwa ruins build by shirazi arab, intermarried arab and bantu, and perrsian with bantu, but in 1964, all arab be kick out, most all them go to Oman and Uk, others like persian muslim or zororastian, Indian hindu or muslim also be kill and kick out in zanzibar.

[@punkndisorderly3324]

Barbary pirates owe us and I won't be happy till I get it so come on hand it over.

[@opola1432]

@@safuwanfauzi5014 Safuwan, what gives you the right to determine the civilisation of other people? Go have a snooze you fool.

[@cpj93070]

And what countries owe Britain then for taking over them? The Italians? Danes? Norwegians?

[@ukbloke28]

Yeah, so civilised and advanced that a tiny nation was able to subjugate it with ease. You're dreaming.

[@asma-mushtaq]

Judging by the comments, touching a nerve isn't he?

[@DuskAndHerEmbrace13]

That’s one of those lazy comments that applies to either side

[@keshdaji]

That was a fine speech

[@SD-qw4xx]

Just as fine as this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GWd3yZedFlaKs

[@alexanderbalcombe4207]

I completely agree. Now that the precedent is set, I look forward to seeing African tribes paying compensation for their brutal colonial actions

[@Audiobook-Man]

The thing is, We haven’t done wrong. People of hundreds of years ago did. We’re are not to blame for we wasn’t born..! This is ducking STUPID.!

[@vinay249]

If you can be proud of your ancestor's history then you should also carry the shame of your ancestor's history.

[@kashnimago2096]

You are although profiting off from the deeds of your ancestors. You have not done anything wrong but if you do not provide reparations on what your ancestors did then you are as guilty. Also, more importantly, if you even do not believe the fact that British does owe reparations then you are as guilty as the oppresors.

[@Audiobook-Man]

@@kashnimago2096 how can u be guilty of something u HAVEN’T done.. your obvs some weird SJW…

[@abhinavrajsingh6134]

Love and great respect for Africa and whole world. May peace and prosperity be there for all of us.

[@josephthompson1318]

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[@AbdulSattar-mp9de]

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[@astro.choppa]

Ameen ❤

[@UKgamer87]

This guy is awesome

[@eclipsegfxable]

I have no white guilt.

[@eclipsegfxable]

@NM 22 Why's that then? Smooth brain.

[@drramnambiar1]

Had India not been a British Colony india would have been the richest nation in the world.

[@Matty19]

***** Truth is bitter. The more you defend, the more it shows your ignorance of the real facts !

[@Matty19]

***** I'm sure your parents must be really proud of you, now that you talk just like them :D

[@rampagemaster8905]

British empire days are gone friend. Brits are being mocked for their stupidity all over the world. Your current economy is fucked up even after looting money from all the countries. Burglars and thiefs can't thrive on looted money for long. Get life brits.

[@rampagemaster8905]

***** Shut your stinking ass and stop bragging about your evil empire. Criminals have no rights to be proud of their crimes.

[@Matty19]

***** Your forefathers shamelessly looted various colonies to the tune of billions of dollars.Yet, despite all that money your upbringing and attitude remains shoddy. I guess, as the saying goes - there are somethings that money can't buy. I feel sorry for turds like you ! :D

[@100correct9]

what you expect....if they are neither telling this to their younger generation nor acknowledging pasts..... BRITISH NATURE HAS NOT CHANGED AND WILL NEVER.....

[@ivybyaruhanga4370]

I agree with you 100000000000% young man.

[@the500mphtortoise]

Big fucking surprise there, let me guess you or your homeland would benefit. Im sure thats just a coincidence.

[@AbdulSattar-mp9de]

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[@willmiller6731]

@@the500mphtortoise they're all the same when it comes to reparations. Just looking for a handout as usual.

[@jack.1.]

This speech was good, I like how he mentioned it is not about white guilt, blaming the people of today, quantifiable reparations it's about recognising the negative effects on imperialism and racism

[@manzijoel5224]

Agreed. I absolutely love when he said: "Indeed, 'the son shall not inherit the father's sins.' But it is a shame that these sins cannot be used as financial capital as well, otherwise I'm sure the son would be clamoring for such a request." Such an insightful and well delivered line!

[@bugzyhardrada3168]

This is true but when it comes to the slave trade of Africa at large, the British mostly traded, the European superpowers powers did not penetrate into Africa until well into the 18th century, while Britain made the engagement of sale and purchase and transport of slaves illegal in the empire in 1807, leading to the abolishment act of slavery of 1833, first taken into effect in Parliament in 1834, would it not also include those who captured and sold the slaves to the Europeans in the first place? And considering that the debt of said act of abolishment was not paid in full until 2015/2016 by the British tax payers, would it not be a bit unfair to impose such a debt upon the empire, and how will the benefits of empire vs disadvantages And how will those be accurately calculated, and can the Europeans nations then also seek reparations for the Barbery Slave trade, could the Europeans then also seek reparations from the descendent providers of the slaves in Africa for faulty merchandise. If this goes into effect when will it stop? Will it ever stop. And what about the Africans and Arabs, who enslaved a far larger number of people then the Europeans but achieved very little on the larger scale of things, will there be reparations sought from them aswell? This will serve as the base for overarching supremacy and entitlement. And it will serve as the base for a racially motivated conflict. Which is exactly the agenda at play. One must keep in mind that during the yrans atlantic slave trade the common European had no rights, were worked to death, impoverished, living in squalor conditions in slums worse then anywhere else in the world, and en masse, and the desire is for the descendents of those lost souls to pay for reparations, even having just finished paying for the abolishment of slavery act of 1833... Is that somehow fair and just? Nothing about that makes the slightest lick of sense and as Thomas Sowell said, had the christians Europeans done as the Muslim counterpart snd neutered their slaves all this would've been avoided... One act of humanity leads to inhumanity which inturn leads to humanity again and so the cycle continues

[@BryanJohnson4891]

A dozen families were involved in the slave trade. He provided no evidence africa would be better of without colonialism. Immigrants in the U.K. should be prepared to leave if they want reparations, and they should ask the Arabs and Africans for cash first.

[@karthik7486]

the thing that enrages me the most is that many ppl here in comments section are just simply trying to defend their actions, even after knowing they were wrong you say it's our forefathers work..why should we apologize? then why do you celebrate the glory of your forefathers if you have the pride to celebrate their success..then also have the guts to accept their wrongdoings

[@Split_Beard]

Accepting or apologizing for the sins is one thing. Paying for the sins of them is just wrong.

[@karthik7486]

@@Split_Beard my views match with Mr Tharoor's. Personally I don't think anything should be given as aid. Both Britain and india are very corrupt to maintain the transperancy...but why Britain refuses to apologise..why they refuse to claim responsibilities of the manufactured famines...the great Britain empire. Why doesn't Britain teach the deteriorating effects of the colonialism

[@karthik7486]

@Kookman oh shut up. Don't you even dare to justify the criminal acts by saying it benefited us. Mr Tharoor has covered all your points. Nothing... absolutely nothing was done for the welfare of Indian people. It was only for themselves. And how arrogant are you to say that colonialism was the only way forward. India was a shining jewel and tremendous amount of 'material' and spiritual wealth as well. Ppl say india missed the bus of industrialization...no, we were thrown under the bus of industrialization so that Britain can get on easily. We were set back atleast half a century just coz of the Britain's actions

[@v12vanquish]

Well then, lets go back through your cultural/family history. Find some crime your family/culture committed, and hold you accountable for their actions.Not exactly fair now is it, I left Christianity because of original sin and here you are advocating for that same exact thing. Yes i am proud of their success, and no we owe you nothing, you are owed nothing.

[@karthik7486]

@@v12vanquish you still don’t get it do you? Let’s say I do find someone who’s been wronged by my ancestors...I might not feel accountable and pay them up for the rest of my life, but I sure as hell will humbly bow down and say sorry on behalf of my ancestor. We are asking the same of you...just recognise the atrocities your forefathers have committed and for develop some Goddamn empathy. Just accept and say sorry. That’s all we want. It’s not your wealth, it’s the horror that Britain doesno teach colonial history in their schools and just simply golify everything in their past

[@vincentfoxall5704]

The elites of Africa made more money out of slavery .The king of Benin stated that he would do anything the British asked but he would not give up slavery.It is the African's who instituted slavery and profited the most.There national flag should be someone standing there with a begging bowl.

[@VocallyYours3]

Sadly this same fight is what we blacks in the USA are angered about! RACISM IS A HORRIBLE DISEASE THAT A LOT OF CAUCASIAN have benefited from for 1,000s of years. ✊🏽

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

You could say the very same about blacks as will. Who do you think Portuguese bought the slaves from in the first place?

[@debroyprasenjit]

Great orator & very valid points.

[@loretbiget784]

This man is awesome

[@qwerty11222]

Love from India🇮🇳❤️

[@robertisham5279]

Africa was better of under colonialism. The countries that were never colonialism aren't as developed as those that were colonized.

[@andrewwilliams3137]

@@vinay249 Japan was able to industrialise itself after learning from the West, other regions of the world may not have been able to do this.

[@madumathi9]

excellent speech

[@4shrieks]

Great speech dear. Very convincing too, esp your concluding words..

[@TARUNVERMA911]

In such debates, one should take a translator and wear clothes of own culture. This is a good response to their so-called colonial gifts.

[@globalcitizen161]

To beat your enemy - master what they do- and do it better

[@punkndisorderly3324]

Ok we'll give you the cash when we get it from the Romans, the Vikings, Napoleonic France, the African Barbary pirates, the Spanish armada and Germany for 2 world war's. Is that ok with you guys?

[@davidlancaster4476]

spot on

[@funnyclips4550]

😭😂

[@berner]

Well as long as he also gives this speech to the Spanish, the Arabs and other black persons and not just Brits and Americans, I'll know he's virtuous. Maybe he himself could also give reparations to other black persons too, that might be a start.

[@sidsnot6952]

If we gave them money it would be wasted in corruption

[@globalcitizen161]

Fair statement but in same vein why pay slave masters a compentation; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPQnaRmn7qNrLs

[@opola1432]

Berner.Verner.. wriggling away from reality and the main point, aren't you? Typical. Not taking responsibility, hiding like a coward. It must fit you well given the people you support are also chiefs in stealing and avoiding

[@opola1432]

@@sidsnot6952 you mean the same corruption as illegally invading and stealing other people's resources ?

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

You make a valid point, but I’m not sure the group he is addressing sees validity, if it is of an opposing view, as carrying much significance.

[@michellesamuels7558]

There must’ve been a demarcation of when Britain (and America) formally stated we are civilized. From that point, reparations.

[@punkndisorderly3324]

Yeah in your fecking dreams lol

[@London_miss234]

@@punkndisorderly3324 We shall see.

[@FRISHR]

5:23 Doctor Strange's family used to have slaves?

[@if_it_helps3614]

The more I hear the speakers, the more I see the U.S as the Great Britain of the yesteryears. Colonialism seems to be replaced with Democracy (a much more respectable word) but the intention and the approach doesn't seem to be really a lot different.

[@jimjones8736]

Great. Fantastic! I want to be yesteryear. I want all the whining ethnics who haven't a clue about how lucky they are to live in the precious jewel that is the west to get "yesteryear" and go explore their paradises back home.

[@FahimAhmed-xj9lq]

Yeah, and the US is arguably more insidious in its neocolonialism. They give local leaders the impression that they're still sovereign when in fact, they're just puppets getting their strings pulled from afar.

[@MC-dd8ls]

"Indeed, 'the son shall not inherit the father's sins.' ...however, he does inherit the wealth that was stolen!

[@aaradhyathakare6174]

Love from India

[@ukbloke28]

Laughable, that you feel you need to 'gang up'.

[@iqra8841]

he was amazing

[@VarunDewan]

tables shall turn this century.. Europeans and especially North Americans will pay their due!

[@Tempestora01]

For bringing civilisation to the world and ending slavery? I can't wait!

[@naiyayika]

@@Tempestora01 you did the exact opposite actually, ahole. Every native civilization was happy in its own way. Slavery is purely European. You will DEFINITELY pay. Trust me.

[@AndrewArminRyan]

@@naiyayika Nice troll comment.

[@punkndisorderly3324]

@@naiyayika your mum will pay

[@karan1994gandhi]

Britain does owe reparation 'today' ! To justify the term 'today', i may simply say, When a father / ancestor owns 'assets' such as property/houses/bank-balances, it willingly gets transferred to its descendants. If assets can be transferred, Why can liabilities NOT?

[@jl9062]

Karan Gandhi Ok, but where to draw the line? Should I, as a Korean, get payed money from Mongolians? And how to calculate the exact amount of money? How to calculate the amount of which an individual has benefited/lost from imperialism?

[@INDIAN-yf5zg]

@@jl9062 U got reparations from Japan

[@jl9062]

@@INDIAN-yf5zg Sorta, around during the 60s. Not really reparations given to individuals but rather money given from one government to another.

[@jl9062]

@@INDIAN-yf5zg But if you support that decision, you must also be in raging support for the Mongolians to pay south korea as well; which would fuck over that country.

[@ukbloke28]

Because of tort law. A debt cannot be owed by anyone except the debtor. It's obvious that this should be the case, anything else would be an impossible chaos. Read up.

[@manzijoel5224]

"Indeed, 'the son shall not inherit the father's sins.' But it is a shame that these sins cannot be used as financial capital as well, otherwise I'm sure the son would be clamoring for such a request." God, this is such a well delivered line!

[@jacobfield4848]

Every African leader is a Billionaire.

[@AbdulSattar-mp9de]

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[@manjinghennessy3231]

Uganda woiii🔥❤️🙌🏿

[@meister1955]

Does Britain owe reparations to America?

[@fdumbass]

Of course

[@meister1955]

Does Russia owe to the ex-USSR nations? Spain owe to latin america? Mongolia owes Europe and Asia? Where does it start and end

[@fdumbass]

@@meister1955 Yes

[@fdumbass]

@@terrum-c7s No worries I'm 100% on your side

[@meister1955]

@Amey Tiwari you are right, the others were not colonies, but got it even worse...

[@navajasrs2402]

It's hard to agree with someone as much as I do with this man, but then realize that they offer no tangible solution other than "much more to said and done".

[@niningsetia4213]

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[@willevans6424]

"the son shall not inherit the sins of his father". I completely agree, kind of undermines your point Ssuuna.

[@africaqueen5252]

+Will Evans Typical..

[@MrSpankdamonkey117]

Considering the son inherited the wealth of the father the case still stands. Likewise the country has continuity of government with the nation state which perpetrated the slave trade and colonialism

[@willevans6424]

and what wealth have I inherited? deriving from a working-class family my ancestors have been as much a victim of the British ruling classes as your typical sub-altern. why is that I should pay anything from my tax packet, to a cause that my empoverished ancestors played no part in?

[@willevans6424]

should the British government pay reparations to me because of this injustice? this is poor historical practice in nearly every way. your reductive, structuralist perspective is a product of the epistemological hegemony colonialism induced. ironic really, you're using western theoretical tools to criticise colonialism in order to pursue an arguably western materialistic gain. i have a history degree, which i acknowledge provides me with a rudimentary understanding of how the past functions, yet i know enough to say that you have no right to moralise and construct the past to suit your political agenda.

[@MrSpankdamonkey117]

***** Your personal guilt is not the issue, the son in this case is the country itself. The fact remains you live in a nation built on the proceeds of slavery and colonialism. Benefits you have personally received include, but are not limited to: Living in a highly industrialised society, given that the industrial revolution was funded on the slave trade, the sale of sugar in the Caribbean colonies, and the profits from colonialism in India in particular. Living in a state with well established, functioning infrastructure and transport links, strongly linked to the first point. Railways, bridges, trains, roads, all were first built during the colonial era. In fact, if we consider British colonialism to have ended in 1980, with the independence of Zimbabwe, (even though Hong Kong wasn't given back to China until 1999), a vast array of buildings and pieces of infrastructure built before that can be directly linked to British colonial policy. As an aside, Air Travel and the NHS were both established during this era as well. There is also the moral question of restitution considering the millions of colonial troops who fought for Britain in both world wars. In fact in WW2 there were more colonial troops fighting than native British!

[@luiscoutinho1139]

Stop nonsense... Work hard instead of waiting for reparations of former colonists...China, Singapore, Korea, Malaysia, etc...were also dominated and were able to become developed an industrialised in two generations...

[@47rash]

Great speech....young man 🙌🇮🇳

[@MARKCRASTO]

He ended it so beautifully :). amazing speech!

[@NateDogg8870]

What a ridiculous question. Of course they do but they will never pay it because the country is morally bankrupt!

[@globalcitizen161]

Agrred; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPQnaRmn7qNrLs

[@ciscodealmeida8541]

Water under the bridge young man. If anyone could Audit colonialism Africa owes Europe.

[@ervivekchoubey]

Hats off to you man 🙏🙏

[@st3019]

In a few words , if your country was an empire and today is rich you owe reperations but if your country was empire but is poor than everything is forgotten

[@punkndisorderly3324]

You ain't getting feck all out of us pal so unlucky lol 😎

[@globalcitizen161]

Fair statement but in same vein why pay slave masters a compentation; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPQnaRmn7qNrLs

[@robertlang3624]

Hold up, the British didn’t come to Uganda( as it is now) until 1892, and British chap named Baker had led an expedition to Buganda in the 1860s to try and stop the Slave Trade by the Arabs. The Brits had abolished Slavery in 1836 and were among the first to do so. Go and ask for Reparations from the Arabs who plied their slave ships up and down the east coast of Africa for centuries. I’m not saying that Britain wasn’t involved in the Slave Trade but it wasn’t responsible for it everywhere and as I say Britain was among the first to abolish it and then actively sought to prevent it elsewhere.

[@globalcitizen161]

Listen to what he said, there is difference between slave trade (which you were biggest at) and colonisation (which you were very much part of). You invented colonisation after abolition of slave trade; In same vein why pay slave masters a compentation; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPQnaRmn7qNrLs

[@jamesfletcher5906]

I feel like education about everything needs to improve, imperial amnesia is real, especially in Scotland. My problem with these debates is that I never hear an actual plan going forward. Like what would reparations actually look like? If I knew what you were proposing I feel like I could decided whether I agree or not better

[@globalcitizen161]

Agreed, just like how UK agreed on a model to compensate slave owners; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPQnaRmn7qNrLs

[@opola1432]

As they said, it is not about quantifiable reparations given the fact you cannot put money on people's suffering. It's about recognition of these damaging imperialist illegal invasion and robbery of other people. If there was real quantifiable monetary reparation, Britain would go bankrupt given most of its development is powered by stolen resources.

[@freedomfan3277]

Does Rome owe reparations to Gaul? Mongolia to China? Islam to much of the old world?

[@trtvitor1385]

don't. these people can't be reasoned with. As logical as your argument is, they wont hear it. Ive tried, many times.

[@freedomfan3277]

@NM 22 No. Just showing that the latest group that feels entitled trying to get something for nothing.

[@robertisham5279]

Since his family was from Uganda. He should know how well Uganda was doing after Idi Amin. When Idi Amin took over he expelled all the Indians. This ruined the economy the greatly. The Indians had paid the majority of taxes.

[@yogeshshrimali9246]

Britain should leave united nation permanent seat.

[@jimjones8736]

Britain and all of the west should leave the UN completely and withdraw from all UN treaties and leave you lot stewing in your own juices.

[@insanehippiehippieinsane3828]

The UN is a fucking joke.

[@fdumbass]

What

[@carampavankumarmelam1811]

Well articulated

[@user-ny8hk2wf9y]

The working classes in Britain during the time of slavery were living and working sometimes (particularly in the East End of London ) in the most appalling slum conditions with prostitution and begging for food a common occurrence. Like slavery this was the fault of the aristocracy and wealthy, who were the slave owners and landlords of the slum areas. If reparation is to be paid at all then it should be from the wealthy and not from the majority of the taxpaying working class.

[@ssiipp7848]

It was a good speech and all. But what does he actually want Britain to do? What kinds off reparations is he suggesting?

[@KillahManjaro]

Last year they discovered that 75,000 British people who descended from slave owners in the Caribbean were still getting reparations from 1833 - 2015. The money these people received is estimated to be about 308 Billion Pounds. These people once slavery ended in the Caribbean some of them took the money and went to Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, New Zealand and other places to exploit those indigenous groups. Google: Taxpayers in Bristol were still paying debt to city's slave owners in 2015, Treasury admits

[@bless485]

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[@bless485]

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[@bless485]

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[@Emeka45]

Where We Call Country Was Created By The brithish Empire... And We Want Freedom.

[@olavberrig4548]

Reparations from one country to another is always unjust from the point of view of the common man. The common man will be forced to pay the reparations but the real crime was done by a very few people at the top.

[@bless485]

Yes yes

[@FahimAhmed-xj9lq]

I aspire to have a mind as sharp as his....

[@ukbloke28]

It's a highly biased discourse.

[@rexguy7823]

All these people wanting reparations..It was the English who had the brains, balls and drive to explore the world. They gave you democracy. Yes, India will struggle with it's caste/class divisions for a hundred years or more but at least the English got you started down the road and now you know what's right.

[@NateDogg8870]

Hahaha you’re clearly one of those racist that only looks at things from a Eurocentric lens. Please do a bit of reading mate ;)

[@rexguy7823]

@@vinay249 Life expectancy in India was 25.4 in 1800. It's now about 70. And both India & Pakistan still have variations of the UK style of Westminster government. The video isn't about what India has contributed to the world over the last 3000 years, it's about reparations.

[@rexguy7823]

​@@vinay249 Do you want to create a myth about a happy India pre British? Britain developed Western press, universities and publishing in India. This is something that the Indian elite ruling class would not have done. Your hero Mr Tharoor is a product of this

[@thdoom81]

man you CLEARLY learned nothing from this debate

[@thdoom81]

@@rexguy7823 India actually gave Greece Democracy..and also China started the stock market...here we go with your fake history

[@JagVentures]

Fair points! however, let's start with the Arabs, who started slavery in the first place. Let's not forget the Turks for what the Ottoman empire did.

[@Anonamoosemouse]

What a great speech! The sad thing is we can't do very much to undo the damage we have done. I do think we should stop interfering in foreign affairs in Africa that we are still doing to this day. Maybe we allow free citizenship to all British colonised countries so at least they can benefit from what was built partly by them, but that still means they start from the bottom in this country. However, it would allow them to slowly benefit generation by generation so at least their children could start to benefit. I guess it's very hard because all people have been part of wars and oppression when we look far enough into history. 30-40% of the population of ancient Greece were slaves and I am of Greek heritage, if I found out that my ancestors were slaves, I don't feel like I deserve any rewards for their oppression. It's such a hard problem to fix, but we have to take pride in the fact the world is progressing, poverty is decreasing globally and although it would be better to re-write history, we have to move forward knowing the past has happened and to equalise things in light of the current situation.

[@globalcitizen161]

Fair statement but in same vein why pay slave masters a compentation; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPQnaRmn7qNrLs

[@opola1432]

They don't need your free citizenship. How condescending. Africa is more resource rich than any continent on the planet. If anything, the Europeans were the ones invading it given that they were running from their barren lands. No one is asking for reparations in monetary scale but the Europeans have simply rigged the global economy in their favour and continue to participate in the internal damage of the continent of Africa. I do not deny that Africans have more work to do to fix this issue.

[@jayqnz]

Thank you brother

[@ukbloke28]

I'd keep very quiet about Benin if I were him, given that a great deal of the slaves traded were sold by them. Britain was only buying that which that Africa was selling. Africa should admit their own responsibility, not least because there is still a huge amount of slavery happening there TODAY.

[@tenpin2387]

So with all said are you saying reperation should not be paid? Reparation should be paid in money

[@DavidBrown-jd2st]

Was the motion opposed or accepted. ?

[@peter-johndejong9880]

They should sue the belgium royalty

[@jsinvictim5063]

Free money everything free you owe me ''You got it I want it IT"S minze

[@jai251017]

articulate

[@sidsnot6952]

Maybe he should go to Africa and help build it.

[@jayachandrank1075]

y dont you go with him as his slave .......you son of bitch

[@jacobfield4848]

Before Britain took over Kenya was a slave based economy. It was not until 1873 that Sultan Seyyid Barghash of Zanzibar, under pressure from Great Britain, signed a treaty that made the slave trade in his territories illegal.

[@antiagonista]

The point being is that we all owe reparations to the descendants of Adam and Eve.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

benin is not empire, just Kingdom, most Sub-sahara are kingdom and chiefdom not Empire, Mali, Ghana can consider Empire, in Asia, Korea claim to be empire, but Korea are not Empire.

[@paulthomas-hh2kv]

The abolition of slavery cost a lot more the reparation.. plenty on you tube Thomas Sowell

[@shedendpussys]

The inventions the British have given the world is more than enough payment.

[@acridotherestristis]

***** Yeah! We gave the World gun powder!

[@shedendpussys]

That was the Chinese.acridotherestristis

[@acridotherestristis]

***** Oh! my gosh! I was evidently wrong. Was never good at geography anyways. And all that gun powder we've used, did we pay the Chinese or did we steal it? Yeah! that's complicated stuff.

[@shedendpussys]

The British made their own gun power. It's a scientific discovery. Stealing would suggest someone else lost something, this is information. acridotherestristis

[@acridotherestristis]

***** So our inventions (or scientific discoveries) given to the world were worthless? You're a cool guy PlaceHolder! I like you!

[@dockoyotill5442]

You get nothing .

[@chriscunningham7155]

Once we are reimbursed from the Vikings, Saxons, Angles, Arabs we can pass that reparation on. Hopefully you will be hunting down the African chiefs that made their fortunes from selling neighbouring villages into slavery to whomever could pay for them. However there are plenty of seals in the house clapping to get the UK citizens to pay a penalty to the former colonies. We have only just paid off the abolition of slavery cost, so we can start paying who now?

[@benstern310]

Lol So what does Africa owe its people then?

[@ironkong26]

sir hilary beckles should have been invited.

[@marthaA77]

Although i disagree with his side, I love that he is from 🇺🇬 too

[@samank8628]

That’s hypocritical.

[@fdumbass]

@@samank8628 How?

[@anhad7001]

You should be supporting him.

[@samank8628]

that a commentator from Africa/Uganda is a fan of colonialism but likes the speaker arguing against it.

[@fdumbass]

@@samank8628 When did she say she supported colonialism? And if she'd said it, how would it have been hypocritical? You can like stuff about people even if you don't agree with everything they say

[@paulburton8264]

n 1807 the British Government wanted to abolish slavery, and tried the act failed. So, in 1833 the British Government wanted to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire and tried again with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. The British aristocracy who had plantations the islands did not want this. So, in order to pass the act the British government aka the British taxpayer paid the British slaver holders what would amount to billions of dollars in today’s money to free their slaves. In order to get this money Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire. Britain borrowed such a large sum of money for the Slavery Abolition Act that it wasn’t paid off until 2015,” a graphic posted by the political activist Raheem Kassam reads. This means that living British citizens helped pay for the end of the slave trade with their taxes. Using this and current woke logic the descendants of slaves owe the British government billions of dollars.

[@niyingroger7179]

That room was awfully quiet. The guilt was palpable.

[@gillchambers9008]

Or stunned by his audacity.

[@funnyclips4550]

They are silent because this man is stupid

[@alexmaster99100]

gotta love the race wars in the comments, and yes, the UK should at least apologize for the atrocities committed

[@iambizydnd]

Why would you choose a Year 1 student to represent Africa, that's wrong...

[@ricooo8512]

Shut up

[@iambizydnd]

@@ricooo8512 Rico if you watch that video as much as i have you will know that the other people that represented where they students?

[@ricooo8512]

@Dumebi Ambrose .. yes I have seen the whole video spoken by the both sides of the argument .. and coming to this video and your question .. it's not about how qualified or senior the speaker is but it's about the content he carries, the roots he represent,the facts and the rational argument he's speaking .. and to me ,this man did pretty well .. and I'd encourage and support even if a 5th grader when he has a strong and concrete points .. got it brother ?

[@iambizydnd]

@@ricooo8512 okay point taken, enough said

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Why does everyone condemn the British/white westerners for the British empire and colonialism in general, but prior empires... totes legit! "Roman empire? Fantastic, wasn't it so great?" "Macedonian empire? Impressive, well done." "Mongol empire? Bit harsh, but the silk road was still good." "British empire? How dare you, you racists!" Countries, territories, properties etc throughout all history were defined by fighting over it, including the tribes and nations in Africa. History should be treated as just that, as history, not imposing modern liberal values on it, and not holding modern nations, let alone individuals (Why call out Benedict Cumberbatch? Dude... uncool.) as responsible for it (even if you admit that they weren't directly responsible for it, but heavily implying that they're profiteering from it).

[@sidsnot6952]

Because they blame whitey for their problems

[@aterry173]

British rocked up in Africa and made it compulsary that children had to leave school and to be able to read and write. Back then, there wasn't proper teachers and consisted of local volunteers. This is where the British introduced the education system.

[@opola1432]

Easy to introduce one common language in order to steal from and exploit the people. Introduction of English had no altruistic motive.

[@clairestark9024]

No sane society holds a child responsible for the sins of the parent. Yet this man demands we pay and apologize for wrong perpetrated by long dead people who we have little in common against long dead people he doesn't have much in common with. So no.

[@dagmawimelaku]

+Claire Morris Really? if that is ridiculous then why the Jews got reparation?

[@clairestark9024]

dagmawi melaku abegaz Post war hand wringing, although it was done while some of perpetrators where still alive and the victims where as well, plus it focused on practical fiscal loss as opposed to nebulous "my people have been wronged". It's still dubious albeit slightly less so. Not in the least became it came from Germany's tax which ultimately involved taking money from people who hadn't done anything wrong and may have on occasion been victims of the Nazi regime.

[@dagmawimelaku]

ok, that makes sense. So what about the Kenyan mau mau members? the victims are still alive and I assume some of the perpetrators are alive too, and records of practical and specific abuses is available. should they be paid?

[@clairestark9024]

dagmawi melaku abegaz I'm not familiar with that specific incident but the generally for such cases fiscal recompense when both parties are still alve is slightly more viable if fairly problematic in application, I'd most likely suggest a case by case but even then it's morally dubious to make the British public pay reparations, it seems more relevant to push for war crimes tribunals of surviving perpetrators. By proxy of this logic what about the other way-should the welsh demand reparations for usurption of territories during the saxon invasions of the early dark age?

[@hanadosman5511]

+Claire Morris but the children bare the fruits of the brutality of you parents. so why shouldn't you pay reparations

[@orvillebrown7235]

Good argument

[@hwsmith4705]

Genocide

[@Selah_Negus]

My suggestion is that we abolish the apathy towards the subject matter of reparations in a more timely fashion than those who dragged their tales behind them to pass the laws which abolished slavery. The time is right now to design the reparation package.

[@juliannevillecorrea]

#war #famine #profit #money #trade #economy #product #produce #love #hate #africa #nation #state #warmachine #battle #conflict #faultline #value #perspective #freedom #selfgovernance #sovereignity Sefra Correa Marielyn Correa Wilson Correa

[@barryetheridge6639]

Mind you that's a lovely African accent goes with the name

[@kishorkshirsagar2643]

Great speech 👍👌

[@maheshkeralapura4556]

Very Progressive Mysore Kingdom is an example.. When there was no British rule , Indian kings have made us rich. British created so much a problem and never alloweed mYsore kingdom to use its share of cauvery river water , dragging and imposing sanction on KRS dam in Mysuru. Southern karnatka (Mysore kingdom) porsposed as we had just an alliance with British not rul eof British. This is an example how our own people were good adminstrators and governers and kings. NOW the question i ask is why this bad system of IAS IFS still exisit,, I think we indians are continuging.. job creation to north indians insted of scottish people. Let there be self rule.. of every state,, and abolish UPSE, CBSE AND ALL CENTER SCEME,, DONT WANT bRITISH SYSTEM TO REPLACE NORTH INDIAS, MYSORE makde a mistake to join india, ,

[@997Pancakes]

His arguments were emotional but lacked substance.

[@abdullahmohammady7568]

Always wanting free stuff!! get a job.!!

[@vapaus831]

8:09 Nice similie！

[@Galimah]

righting all wrongs of the past is impossible. how far back? do hutu owe tutsi for "cutting down the tall trees"? what about turkey comitting genocide against armenians and assyrians? should turkey give back constantinople to the greeks?

[@seanras4046]

What this guy and Shashi Tharoor don't understand is IRRESPECTIVE of whether or not Britain owes reparations, they are not going to do it, and so to ask is to embarrass yourself. The natural law is the law of power. This debate is irrelevant to anyone who truly cares about those who've been affected.

[@uair9]

How is it exactly an embarrassment?

[@seanras4046]

@@uair9 This debate is a simple matter - they entered another land and take other people's stuff. What's there to debate on? It's obviously wrong. Second point, does winning this debate lead to anything actionable? No. So it's a pointless talk. The Raj era was Britain's era of glory, that's why they like talking about it. That is all. What we have to do is develop as a country and hopefully become powerful enough to take it back by just asking it in the future.