Thread by @brolezholloway

.#Reparations is an idea whose time as finally come. Even Biden has recognised that now. Justice delayed justice denied. We need to honestly calculate the costs of damage for enslavement and colonialism, and repair it. #Maafa #ReparationsNow

https://twitter.com/historyheroes/status/1367710856969129984

With mainstream leaders like Biden, Obama and, erm, Vince Cable backing the moral case for #Reparations we urgently need a progressive debate to counter two-pronged opposition of “move on” and ‘post-racial Commonwealth / overseas aid counts’ tendencies.

.#Reparations includes, but is more than, a fair trade playing field debt or write-off (it’s already paid). It’s also the legacy of anti-Black racism today manifesting itself in worse job, housing, health & criminal justice outcomes for descendent of enslaved & colonised lands.

It’s also about companies (eg insurance that underwrote chattel slavery & colonial pillage) and institutions formed as part of the horror show (banks, museums). We must also calculate the real benefit to the West in its industrialisation, development & accumulated wealth.

Germany has agreed to compensate for the Herero genocide in Namibia (albeit I adequately). Britain has not even apologised. It’s been 30 years since the late, great Bernie Grant campaigned for #Reparations in the Commons. Racism has not “moved on”. It is time.