Calls for #ReparationsNow should absolutely be taken seriously, not only in the United States but also in England. Any serious historian knows that both societies were built on the backs of enslaved people
https://twitter.com/HollyBlomberg/status/1376379563123507203
Want to see a present day heir living large on the proceeds of the labor of enslaved people? Look no further than current Tory MP Richard Drax somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-…
“Bristol-based historian David Olusoga said: “From the very early stages of the family’s involvement in slavery and the sugar trade, the Drax dynasty were able to generate extraordinary wealth through the cultivation of sugar grown by enslaved Africans.”
“And Sir Hilary Beckles, the chair of the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission, said: “Black life mattered only to make millionaires of English enslavers and the Drax family did it longer than any other elite family.”
Want more details on Richard Drax’ general attitude toward the people whose work provided him with his ill-gotten gains? The utter hubris of this man is astounding repeatingislands.com/2020/12/15/the…
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