“What’s The Point Of Paying Reparations To A Black Woman?” | Julia Hartley-Brewer On Slavery

Lloyd’s of London has said it will pay £52million in ‘“equality initiatives” for the significant role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.
Approximately 3 million enslaved African people were transported by Britain’s shipping industry.
Julia Hartley Brewer speaks with Afua Hagan on whether they should be paid or not.

[@davidbrown5411]

Their reparations should be a one way ticket back to Africa.

[@joeycottone7755]

And never to come back.

[@michaello6483]

And ask reparations from the “king of the jungle”. The Lion King.

[@pelvist]

1000000000000000% agree. Send them back to Wakanda and stop giving them aid money.

[@hannahdaki4117]

Yes and why not. They will just go to other countries like Germany or Ireland or America if they don’t want to go to Africa that’s no problem and see who is going to work in Tesco and NHS and security and cleaning jobs. Bring it on.

[@davidbrown5411]

@@hannahdaki4117 The several million unemployed will do the jobs. Imagine it, white people not being discriminated against.

[@suckerpunch3718]

Isn't it about time all the Muslim countries paid reparations for the slave trade?? They haven't even said sorry.

[@ScragNath]

And they still take slaves.

[@robinbreeds9217]

And it was a 100 times worse than in the West@@ScragNath

[@georgelee305]

The Arabs would tell them to take a running jump off a Cliff 😂and rightly so as well. The reparations brigade know that the West is full of the weak-willed idiots and self rightous nutjobs.

[@Paul-x6f4h]

Because they are still at it.

[@juanroberts5974]

Didn’t they castrate their slaves so they don’t have descendants

[@KarenMck76]

I find it quite disgusting that people are grifting off their dead ancestors who suffered so much.

[@coling3957]

in the early 19th century an English factory worker was living worse than a slave in the British West indies.. the living and working conditions for working class ppl in industrial revolution Britain ushered in an age expectancy of around 24.... so where is our reparations.

[@sorehammer]

That woman is talking complete crap all she wants is a damn payout.

[@Theforestbandit]

Give her the flight money and tell her to piss off out of britain. We owe her nothing.

[@wobkgs]

and Lloyds are giving her one.

[@eleri7024]

@@Theforestbandit Lloyds of london is paying NOT YOU so stop your complaining

[@findo12]

@@eleri7024If Lloyds of London are paying out Millions in reparations, insurance premiums will rise as a direct result. Insurance Companies NEVER lose.

[@eleri7024]

@@findo12 You aren't even a lloyds customer and you dont even know if it will affect premiums, you are just guessing to insert yourself into lloyds buisness

[@moraghowiemacdiarmid443]

As a white woman I don't want tax money paying for this grifting b/s Enough!!

[@manuuyt5919]

It is not coming out of tax money

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@manuuyt5919 Lloyds will make the public pay, they always do, and award themselves a fat bonus out of it.

[@mrbad69]

There is inequality in the NHS. Its called positive discrimimation.

[@fiveromannumerals]

There's nothing positive about discrimination, it's just anti white racism.

[@jkkjeldsen8249]

The grift never ends. *"Over the years during which the Barbary pirates operated, it is believed that they stole as many as one and a quarter million Europeans from their homes. Of course, there is no movement of reparations for those people or their descendants, and no European has seriously suggested trying to find out where any bill for compensation should be sent."*--Douglas Murray

[@Christie197]

I think it’s time now to ask for repatriations lol

[@eleri7024]

The grift never ends which is why you are now complaining about the barbary pirates🤣

[@JG-us9lu]

​@eleri7024 Not complaining, just pointing out the hypocisy of black grifters. Complaining is a black African thing.

[@eleri7024]

​@@JG-us9lu Are you willing to call the Brits(activist groups\families of veterans) that want compensation and an apology from Japan for how it treated British pows RACE GRIFTERS? Prove you are not a hypocrite, criticise the Brits that want an apology and compensation from Japan just like you criticised the Africans in your comment

[@JG-us9lu]

@@eleri7024 Never heard of them is that something you have just made up. Souds like a load of crap youve come up with.

[@LordSauerkraut]

The British abolished slavery with blood and coin. So it should be the activists, who should repay the British.

[@madmelwood3778]

100% agree

[@Billiepippen]

you stopped the holocaust with blood and coin why didn't you tell the jooz that?

[@marshall1982]

Doesn't make sense.

[@ph8077]

Plus there are now over 100,000 modern-day slaves in the UK according to the data which is a stain on our hard-earned civilised society...the vast majority from migrant gangs. Let's not even go down the increase in violence-directly-correlated-with-immigration path - whether 2nd, 3rd or 4th generations, it's all due to lack of integration, shared values/ethics/morals & general cultural incongruity, incompatibility nay irreconcilableness (is that the noun form of irreconcilable? LOL.)

[@Billiepippen]

you didn't abolish slavery. increasing Black slave revolts made it clear that slavery was over. We fought and earned our freedom and now we want the wealth and opportunity stolen from our ancestors far and recent,which is our inheritance! IT IS NOT YOUR MONEY!

[@savinggrace70]

When will they stop harping on about this topic. It looks as if they want compensation for being born black. Terrible things happened to all our ancestors but we don't keep whining on about needing compensation. Those people are dead, learn from history and move on. They also seem very entitled, to get on, work hard, compete against others of all colours but don't think being black opens doors, it should be on merit. There are black people out there that have worked very hard and achieved success, so the rest of them should stop trying to get money for nothing and get off your backsides, you have one life, stop moaning!

[@Fish-bw9yh]

Framing it as compensation to the slave owners is the problem. This country took on a multi-generational debt to PAY TO END slavery. The trans Atlantic slave trade only ended because Britain MADE IT HAPPEN!

[@Billiepippen]

imagine someone claiming innocence after kidnapping and assaulting a woman simply because he eventually let her go....aa if letting her go negates the crime of kidnapping. you are a sick person. is this how you treat women?

[@Astucious]

@@Billiepippen The descendants of the slaves are free, thanks to the British. Does that count for nothing in your eyes?

[@Billiepippen]

@@Astucious you didn't say that to the jooz. we spent billions of dollars and millions of lives to save them and yall still gave them reparations and a Homeland. tell them what you did for them in ww2 was enough if you really mean what you say.

[@RHLW]

@@Astucious Ofc it doesnt because freedom ought be the default state, you dont get credit for not denying it to a person. Claiming that the descendants are free because of Britain, when it was Britain herself who took the freedom of their ancestors clearly doest count for anything. If I take a whole bunch of your stuff/money/etc, and them some time later (after much badgering and argument) give some of it back, should I receive credit for that, or some excuse of the former crime? I think youd feel VERY differently if it were you.

[@jasonwhite7677]

@@Billiepippenyour fellow Africans slaughtered whole villages to obtain the slaves to sell. Aren’t you angry about that, or are you just a hypocrite who’s chasing a payday from the people who freed you?

[@mannie7028]

As an eg of debt already paid ... When Jamaica gained its independence the British wiped clean all their government debt, so the new republic could restart free of debt. It’s history. Any poverty now is down to Jamaica and financial mismanagement. Also, information can be found via google.

[@Dan2501-b2s]

Well said, so many nations are blaming colonialism and slavery and ignoring thier own corrupt governments, dictatorships and other political instabilities by glossing over it with, it's not our fault, you owe us reparations.

[@SwampieMusic]

What about reparation for all the white people who didn't get jobs because minorities were prioritised over them for 'quotas'? The Thatcher/Major years were part of what was called "positive" discrimination, period. Positive means 'good,' right? This period saw white experienced workers losing job offers to anyone classed as a minority. Promotion boards within the civil service were held in which only minorities could apply and the standards were lowered specifically to enable them to pass. Where is the reparation for them? In the Thatcher/Major years again, astronomical amounts of funding and grants were given to minority areas under the 'Urban Programme' scheme. This funding was to be spent on minorities "only" and not the poorest white British areas. There was no real funding for white areas, 'nowhere even close to the funding for minorities.' Poor white working class areas and council estates had to rely on pitiful incentives from local governments in comparison to the minorities' massive central government funding. Where is their reparation for being overlooked?

[@lordbohundecasio541]

Reparations for what? Just another way to be a victim and scrounge

[@Truelib99Hobbes]

I hope Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Mali will be pitching in for their role in this?

[@madmelwood3778]

100%

[@eleri7024]

I agree with you and the Brits that want an apology and compensation from Japan for how it treated British POWs during the 2nd world war are all scroungers and race baiters, AGREED🤔or are you gonna make excuses for those Brits?

[@section5760]

Don’t forget Brixton and Birmingham ?? 🤫🤫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧👍🏼

[@eleri7024]

@lordbohundecasio541 So you believe that the british veterans\families who wanted an apology and compensation from Japan on account of how british pows were treated by Japan are SCROUNGERS and VICTIMS? Okay if you feel that way about British veterans

[@mrharpable]

My family was chased out of Africa 30,000 years ago and this caused us to lose our melanin. The generational trauma is indescribable. All melanated peoples owe reparations

[@ay1ism]

lol

[@LambertOtto]

Amen Brother, same here. I will settle for a Porsche in lieu……

[@keithrn9447]

Brilliant reply!

[@mrwaybill9938]

Unfortunately Afua is suffering from an incurable mental illness Britainophobic Caucasianophobia and sadly for us, there is no known cure at present for this debilitating illness🤬

[@dean-gm1lg]

There is ,it's called send back to Africa

[@blossom6473]

😂

[@jim22277]

Nice one 😂

[@bmyhrr]

Slave owners were paid by the British to guarantee the freedom of the men and women they held and claimed possession of. If the payment was made directly to the slaves, they would have remained enslaved, then been further victimised. (robbed of the payment). Then, many British men then lost their lives at sea battling to save and free slaves from the many transport ships, which finally stamping out the trade. This fight for freedom left many British families fatherless, the price of freedom is not fair to anyone - but it was paid in full.

[@alasdairweir1011]

You are right and to add to it, this grifter and others portray the UK as keeping paying families of slave owners for generations. They paid interest on the loans for generations which is a totally different thing. Stop giving these racist mouthpieces air time.

[@jerryk1562]

So the government paid for the slaves' freedom. That was a great gift, and nobody wants their ancestors to pay back. Somebody seems rather ungrateful here.

[@Billiepippen]

gift?

[@MeatballSandwich1]

I'm a Canadian of Irish descent, my family suffered through the potato famine, the anti Catholic bias in jobs and land purchase, they eventually left as refugees for Canada. For my reperations I'll accept a transfer of declan rice back to West Ham United, thanks Lizzo

[@Jessy-cs1jz]

My family suffered when the Irish with the Picts and Saxons attacked Britain in 367 ....

[@reneburger4317]

My complete family, as I could trace back, were working class people, living in very substandard houses, exploited to the bone. Shouldn't I get some reparations? Mmm?

[@cynthiastrawson3316]

Now you are talking!! Grandparents working for slave wages in mills when still children.

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@cynthiastrawson3316 The same people who owned the Mills owned the houses they lived in and the shops they bought goods from and they didn't pay them enough to live on, sounds a lot like slavery.

[@philipanderson9434]

Thank the Lord Julia 🙏. I honestly think you are one of the most sensible and rational presenters/interviewer I watch. You need to be prime minister, I swear you do so much good with your frankness, honesty and common sense. I love your debates and coverage on topics. You give me hope that not everyone has lost they minds.

[@lyncates9238]

Will the black people who sold other black pay as well??

[@macraghnaill3553]

She wouldn't answer that question

[@charlesbrown4941]

Doesn’t count.

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@charlesbrown4941 explain why ?

[@rosejames5172]

They are not the ones who enslaved the black people for over 200 years.

[@davidholdsworth1141]

Anyone wishing to claim compensation for slavery can submit a claim detailing the dates and locations of their enslavement. Reparations will be paid accordingly.

[@macraghnaill3553]

I think this woman has forgotten that black people came to this country voluntary. Plus if any of the slaves on ships docked in this country managed to escape they were FREE as slavery was abolished in this country in the 13th century, up to that point if memory serves ? 15% of the English population were slaves, if they escaped and remained so for 1 year and 1 day they were FREE

[@chumleyk]

Imagine all the things insurance companies insured that are now seen as bad. They'd be bankrupt x100

[@pinkandfluffysuperwokeblok9859]

She thinks reparations are a good idea, I wonder why? 😂😂😂😂

[@scousebadger0077]

10 million slaves in India today. What about them. What about the Congo.

[@Para-rt9uk]

'Yes you have to have a cut off point in history, not just yet' lol

[@jerryk1562]

Yeah, when the money lands on my account, then maybe... 😀

[@Para-rt9uk]

Did you notice the very faint smirk at 0.12 before the camera shut off too? lol@@jerryk1562

[@TEL250r]

How can you compensate some one for something they haven’t experienced

[@markryan3498]

how does a compensator compensate for something they never took part in to someone who never experienced it. COMPLETE MADNESS

[@nealgrimes4382]

By people who didn't do it.

[@James-jd6in]

Seems like a well balanced woman she's got a chip on both shoulders!

[@madmelwood3778]

Love julia and her logical thinking

[@gazzasal9724]

"I agree there has to be a cut off point" - but i want my free money first 😂

[@matthewmachin5614]

Hell no it’s ridiculous when and where does it stop? The only thing you can change about the past is to learn from it!

[@stephennorris2524]

Strange how they're always trying to erase or rewrite British History unless there's a chance of a free hand out.

[@danielthomas8507]

Here in New Zealand we have been paying Maori reparations for over 40yrs....believe me it never stops they keep coming back every generation....give them nothing

[@msbecks7004]

Someone give that lady a book about workhouses 🤷‍♀️

[@rosejames5172]

What does that have to do with anything? Black people are still being oppressed today thats why reparation is needed.

[@funjuror]

It is estimated that the Barbary Pirates took around 1,000000 European captives into slavery; Africa can start the reparations, they did it longer and further.

[@chriswhitcomb8675]

Wouldn’t it be ironic if one of these people demanding reparations were to trace their ancestry back and found that they were slavers who were themselves taken into slavery by a stronger tribe. Would they demand compensation from the descendants of that tribe or even claim compensation from themselves as descendants of slavers.

[@madmelwood3778]

😂😂😂 yep like do shouty shola who is a Nigerian princess

[@wobkgs]

Alex Scott black ,lesbian,sports presenter, went on the BBC`s "Who do you think you are?" and found out her JAMAICAN ancestors owned 26 slaves.

[@eleri7024]

What Lloyds of London does with its money is none of your business

[@sarahdickson1724]

​@eleri7024 posting that comment repeatedly is making you look like an idiot, or a robot, especially when it doesn't even have a connection to the post your responding to 😂

[@chriswhitcomb8675]

@@eleri7024 I don’t remember saying it was any of my business, you can read can you.

[@UKdraxion]

This is a very slippery path to go down, everyone will want reparations from everyone else.

[@wobkgs]

Romans,French,Germans,Swedish,Danes,Norwegians, Spanish are a few I want to be talking to about mine.

[@markryan3498]

very true, it will get silly, people will want money for something that never happened to them.

[@lyndamayfield1913]

True but others won’t be stupid enough to pay it.

[@trudiwilliams266]

Why don't they get reparations from the slave traders themselves not for the poor people of Great Britain?

[@georgelee305]

This reparations nonsense has to stop,how the hell does someone who never owned a slave have to pay money to someone that never was a slave. Utter madness,black people should be grateful that are not living in hellhole like Somali

[@markryan3498]

totally agree

[@laurafenton6776]

Well done Julia, you took the words right out of my mouth

[@chrishughes6932]

What a terrible argument, where’s my free hand out I want payment from the Roman’s and the Vikings, this woman is ridiculous, just out for what she can get

[@siadali7673]

Absolutely outrageous situation

[@PeteBurns-xv2fz]

Why even BOTHER asking a black person if reperations are necessary ?... not a single one will say NO.....this woman has the same blinkered view...and why..WHY...did julia NOT PRESS HER ON THE SUBJECT OF AFRICAN SLAVE TRADERS ?????.... she put it to her....then immediately moved on 😣

[@kenrehill8775]

How can anyone expect equality when we’re not equal?

[@johntooth1886]

Well said.

[@moeyr6]

explain please. Or do you think your above others?

[@raidermanuk]

To be honest, if there were a chance that someone might write me a cheque for half a million quid for something that happened to my great-granddad I wouldn't argue. But if I had to argue for it I'd find it impossible to find any rationality!

[@melissawilkes5618]

Ridiculous! It would never end. Learn and move on... my goodness. Well debated Julia Hartley-Brewer

[@davebayliss3142]

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard you can’t give these people free money like that

[@crowdpleaser1036]

I think everyone in the country should log on to one of those ancestry websites & research their history, there's a good chance that one of your ancestors was at some stage sold into penury or otherwise enslaved by the ancestors of someone currently sitting in the House of Lords.

[@davidnolan7349]

You had a serious conversation with Douglas Murray and he talked so much sense then this woman .How do you keep your cool talking to someone like her , good luck Julia .

[@jimmy261076]

"Im black and a victim, gimme, gimme, gimme.............!"

[@vinnyvtec8722]

The NHS is institutionally racist? I wondered why I've never seen a black nurse or doctor 🙄.

[@darel1540]

If this country is so racist then why stay here ? as the old saying goes if you cannot stand the heat get out of the kitchen .

[@eleri7024]

Lloyds of London is paying, it has nothing to do with you

[@alanfrost4661]

Work for a living and stop expecting hand outs it happened hundreds of years ago for gods sake change the record we are all sick of hearing it

[@AlanWatson]

Does she get paid every time she’s on the show? That’s a privilege that I don’t have.

[@JoeBlowUK]

I'd like reparations for my increased insurance premiums, due to the high crime rate on our streets since the influx of Africans to the UK.

[@Robertwilliams-nx6nl]

It's all about greed. Anyone taking a reparation payment should have their UK citizenship revoked...end of.

[@chuffsie]

No victimhood on display here, clearly

[@davidlingard7369]

We want to be British and live in Britain but we also want the British people to give us reparations,hahahaha priceless.

[@gordongowland6430]

Reparations never for what our forebears did its stupid,we were not born

[@frankiehoskyn3948]

Well Said Julia.

[@2002daverj]

A distant relative of mine almost lost her arm as a child working with looms. Doctors wanted to amputate but her mother wouldn't let them because no-one would marry her. Where are my reparations please.

[@Jenny-e4v]

The slave plantations in the Caribbean where slaves were buried,and were not given a decent burial, still exists. Crime scenes

[@rachelnguyen1655]

Lots of people have been treated badly in the past, in fact the vast majority of people.

[@victoriabaker3324]

No one should pay

[@Troofboof2024]

Can someone share a link of any guest who has ever replied to the question about charging Africans slave sellers for reparations

[@SeeLasSee]

Is it ethical to deprive people alive today for tragic aspects of history? Nobody is bothered to track down actual wealth from slavery specifically. It’s not enough to be worth their while. I don’t think it is. If there is a great unmet need with certain groups it should be addressed regardless of history.

[@brianrolley5018]

You never hear anyone thanking Britain for being in the forefront of ending slavery.

[@georgewarner5496]

WHO EXACTLY GETS THE MONEY ? What's the definition of equality initiatives ?

[@JoeCarroll-tr5hw]

She has just come to ENGLAND IN THE 1960 so she should not get any money.

[@fionaclements8571]

Im not paying for something i didnt do ,ridiculous

[@brickie59]

I think there lovely I use to work with a Man from Africa, he use to laugh a lot and was always Smiling.

[@jdgoesham5381]

In the US we've had reparations for decades. In colleges especially. And that was VERY detrimental to many many young black people. Eg.. A young black man for eg who would have thrived in a community college or trade gets into an Ivy League school with his middling grades and ends up failing out and uses up his precious college age time on something he failed at. It's a real thing that has happened many many thousands of times here in the US. And they get MANY more grants that I would never ever get. Like so many more. You should see the list of free money for being black in the US compared to being white or say Asian...That is trillions I'd wager. And then there's the fact that a HUGE majority of the black ppl in the US and UK came AFTER slavery. And then there's the fact that only 1% had the means to own slaves. Why should the people have to pay for something they or even their ancestors had nothing to do with? Or what about whites being the ones who freed them and didn't have to or weren't forced to. They even fought a civil war, killing their own and many cases family members met at battle for the freedom of slaves.. And then there's the fact that reparations would cause MASSIVE spite because we know we're not guilty of slavery. For eg. my fam is from Norway(who didn't have anything to do with African slave trade)and came to the US during WW1 and we've always lived in Maine where slavery wasn't a thing. WTH should my family pay? Which will cause spite which leads to hate. All around bad idea.

[@darrents44]

The more you give the more they will want..

[@grahamthacker6498]

Pay them sod all, they do enough scrounging as it is.

[@sharonsmith381]

All of this makes me sick listening to all of them, all they do is keep on about their hard done by lives and what has happened in the 18th century, get on with living because we're sick of hearing about it all the time 😬

[@leemartell7086]

I don’t know what people seem to think a payout will suddenly make their lives better. For some that may be the case, but most people would probably waste whatever money they are given and there would undoubtedly be an increase in resentment from literally every other group.

[@empireofnoise2200]

The grift is strong with this one

[@RuleBritannia48]

Julia settling an argument with FACTS and COMMON SENSE AGAIN

[@brucecrawford3800]

Absolutely ridiculous.

[@BigD32477]

They know not to waste their time asking Africa for reparations cuz they know that’s where the money is

[@jonnychris4070]

Can I have a slice of the pie? My ancestors were agricultural workers living on near starvation wages in the West country. In fact,we should be near the head of the queue.

[@daviecanning1180]

Very well balanced lady. She has a chip on each should. These people should be sent packing.

[@waynej4962]

My ancestors were sent to the workhouse for the crime of being poor, basically prison. I demand reperations.

[@Pendragon1122]

Can i have reparations from the Romans?

[@Jenny-e4v]

British people claimed they abolished slavery. Slavery still continued long after it was formally abolished. It lasted over 300 years bringing wealth to pockets of colonizers and uk as well . colonizers paid taxes and donated huge amounts of money to Oxford and Cambridge universities.

[@karenunsworth7973]

They shouldn't get a bloody penny sort your own economy out reparations foregoing aid wat more do they want work for your money.

[@martensiddall3057]

Julia, your fantastic...you make my day.

[@MrJoecool9999]

The best response I've heard to the reparations argument is - "I didn't own any slaves - and you didn't pick any cotton - I don't owe you sh1t.....!"

[@arlmondgcalcutt6562]

To correct - in 1833 the UK government "compulsory purchased" the slaves in Jamaica - Then they promptly released those slaves. My ancestors as North Welsh farmers did not make anyone slaves - neither did the UK government allow slavery in England since 1125 - so why should my taxes be diverted to pay compensation especially to anyone who is less than 190 years old

[@pisces89]

Why dont they talk to the African countries who STILL have a slave trade who sold them in the first place ffs

[@sandyphillips2467]

Just ridiculous never ending

[@darrenporter1850]

What about the millions who benefited from living in a 1st World Country from Africa. I'm fed up with this.

[@scottanthony6269]

What about the Irish that were used as slaves ??

[@JustAlanJohn]

That's shareholders' money they see paying.

[@lemonandhoney]

As soon as an enslaved person stepped on to the shores of these wonderful British Isles, they became free. No slave ever lived here, in UK since Doomsday Book, 1086.

[@deltafox9630]

Don't give her or the ridiculous topic air time - simples.

[@simonjess8471]

You will never get rid of a blackmailer. They just keep coming back.

[@cristinaborger83]

Gimme money, gimme money, gimme money….😂😂😂😂😂

[@robp3177]

Not only cash but everything for free😂

[@williammarsh4321]

Of course I know Africa is only poor because it was colonized by Britain and other European countries and because of the transatlantic slave trade which African leaders didn't participate in at all. I appreciate that Africa was a garden of Eden where social justice and equality prevailed, without wars slavery or poverty, prior to European colonization I realize that white people in Britain should be punished for impoverishing Africa, despite the fact that Britain was one of the first countries, if not the first, to abolish this transatlantic slave trade. I completely understand that the poverty of Africa has nothing to do with the incompetence, rapacity and dishonesty of African leaders since African countries became independent in the 1950's,1960's and 1970's. I realize that there have been many wars and genocides in African countries since they became independent, but I know this is the fault of western countries like Britain because they sold arms to Africa, not the African leaders who bought them. Obviously, we cannot expect African leaders to be responsible enough not to start wars one they have been sold weapons by western countries. Poor African countries have to make massive debt repayments to western banks which impoverish them; this is obviously the fault of western banks, not the fault of African leaders who have secreted billions of dollars in banks in Switzerland instead of using the money to help their countries. Because of Britain's historic role in creating poverty in Africa, I fully support calls for Western European countries and the USA to pay reparations to African countries now. I further think that everyone from Africa should be allowed to come and live in Britain and bankrupt Britain's benefit and national health system in order to punish white people in Britain for what their ancestors did to African people hundreds of years ago. Where Britain will get money to pay further reparations to African countries once it has been bankrupted in this way is anybody's guess; maybe Britain will be able to borrow money from banks in Africa to meet future obligations of this nature.

[@michaelperry6644]

it wasnt to pay slave owners it was to pay to abolish the slave trade and to enforce it