Cambridge Union Debate on Reparations (10th Nov 2022)

I was invited to participate in this week’s Cambridge Union debate on paying reparations calling for action to address the injustices and inequalities that are the legacy of slavery and colonialism. These arguments around reparations are often caricatured by the Right as handing over large sums of money for something that happened a long time ago. But the racism many of us face today have their roots in empire and reparations needs to start with simple things like fairer trade, returning stolen artefacts, and cancelling debts that have been repaid over and over. The fact that the Cambridge Union voted overwhelmingly for this shows that the call for reparations is only getting louder.

[@James-cn7hl]

without the effects of 'European industrialisation' the honourable member would not be standing there at that moment.

[@mikehunt.1609]

So true, overweight, wearing nice clothes and jewelry she's been to spec savers, a political representative, all the outward signs of wealth generated by a colonialist industrialised society! The ignorance and hypocracy of people like this is flabbergasting.

[@robs4988]

They look like a bunch of children pretending to be grown up.

[@michaeljaffrey7958]

A lot of sweeping generalisations, but - unlike Rafe Heydel-Mankoo - not a single fact to back them up.

[@harleypiper]

I'm almost afraid to post. afraid the Wokey monster might eat my text.

[@RESHMAEYAFE]

Brilliant. Well done!

[@Aliceboy2k9]

If reporations are deserved, how far back do we go? Should every country in the UK be culpable considering Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were the first to be colonised and arguably suffer worse today through English rule than any other colonised country. I agree with returning artifacts to their rightful countries rather than them just sitting in the british museum, but to suggest the average british tax payer start reperations to foreign countries is crazy to me.

[@tonywright8294]

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[@straighttalking2090]

That's what you get from the liberal left. They can't bear open scrutiny.

[@TheAArmstrong]

Uk needs to gibs repurashuns

[@James-cn7hl]

she does not speak about this guy Mobutu Sese Seko

[@FTKEPDTK]

Beautiful.

[@CC-fi9gp]

What k@#£