{"product_id":"9780571380015-the-big-payback","title":"The Big Payback","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Case for Reparations for Slavery and How They Would Work\u003cbr\u003eAn eye-opening manifesto on why reparations are the only way for the UK to address racism by \u003ci\u003eBlack British Lives Matter \u003c\/i\u003ewriters Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Both timely and vital . There has never been greater need for a thoughtful discussion on race. This study of the case for reparations, which binds the past and present together so cleverly, is an important contribution.' Diane Abbott, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the abolition of the slave trade two centuries ago, the British government paid huge amounts of compensation to slave-owners. Only in 2015 did British taxpayers stop paying off this debt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow is it that slave-owners were paid compensation from our taxes, yet the enslaved and their families were not? Why should the descendants of former slaveowners still benefit from inherited wealth while the successors of the victims of slavery receive nothing, and may have even paid towards the debt of compensation through their taxes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with these simple but startling questions, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder explore the burning issue of how best can we resolve the inequality resulting from 400 years of the enslavement of African people and the ongoing racism still suffered by millions across the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalking to reparation experts, economists, politicians, and anti-racism campaigners, including Bell Rebeiro-Addy, Robert Beckford, Kenneth Mohammed and Kehinde Andrews, they investigate how reparations can work, and how we can help to make them happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351084614006,"sku":"9780571380015","price":11.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36338667.jpg?v=1759787302","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571380015-the-big-payback","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}