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Title: Robert Beckford: "The Empire Pays Back" - 2005 Post by: News on November 06, 2016, 08:46:21 AM Robert Beckford: "The Empire Pays Back" (Start the Week, 25/7/05) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s04WziUosf0#)
Published on Jul 26, 2016 Historian DR ROBERT BECKFORD argues that the British Empire got rich on the backs of its slave labourers, so it is now time to repay that debt. Decent societies admit when they are wrong and make reparations; the British should finally apologise for slavery and its legacy of racism. |