Let’s Talk About Reparations – (Part 3) Global Reparations Movement – Strength in Numbers

Let’s Talk About Reparations – (Part 3) Global Reparations Movement – Strength in Numbers

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Let’s Talk About Reparations – (Part 3 of 3) Global Reparations Movement – Strength in Numbers   Recap Summaries from Parts 1 & 2 The last two podcasts explored different perspectives of the topic of various countries who were involved in the slave trade of history, with all the suffering and inhumane treatment of certain groups of society that took place, and was very much part of the fabric of those nations.  Reparations for the countries and its people who suffered in the clutches of this vile process, has long since been an issue for those countries who suffered economically and who were made to continue suffering for years afterwards, whilst those nations who were responsible for the cruelty to people and the pillaging of artifacts and resources from those poorer nations, continued to become rich in resources that did not belong to them in the first place. Summary of Part 1:- Let’s Talk About Reparations – Sorrow & Regret Are Not Enough We looked at...
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“The Past is Still Present[i]”: Let’s Talk About Reparation – (Part 2)

“The Past is Still Present[i]”: Let’s Talk About Reparation – (Part 2)

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“The Past is Still Present[i]”: Let’s Talk About Reparation – (Part 2)   Todays podcast is the 2nd part of 3 publications relating to the subject of reparations and whether or not it is relevant or realistic to even contemplate any form of reimbursement for the cruel treatment and atrocities that took place in history, not least because the people alive today were not the perpetrators at that time.  That is just one view, but thankfully, there are many others which include both many individuals benefitted greatly from the slavery trade, but what needs to be recognised is that whole countries and their economies improved too, and therefore we perhaps need to move away from thinking about individuals and start to look at and consider nations which did very well out of the slave trade and those nations have continued to thrive as a direct result of the foundations built on the backs of slaves.       Equally the countries where slaves...
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