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all_i_see@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days ago

UK PM Burnham says 'open' to slavery apology but rules out financial reparations

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UK PM Burnham says 'open' to slavery apology but rules out financial reparations

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all_i_see@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days ago
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Saturday he was "open" to the UK apologising for the first time for its role in the transatlantic slave trade but rejected calls for financial reparations. Issues…
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  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    We can’t afford reparations, all that stolen wealth is being stolen by private equity, fair and square.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    In the US, we still use slave labor thanks to the 13th amendment of the Constitution. Loophole the size of the Grand Canyon.

  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The rest of us are using a different finger to gesture with.

  • username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
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    How many slaves does Burnham have?

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      None, which is the main reason he feels reparations are unnecessary.

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        That, and because of all the beneficiaries of slave labor and their descendants financing his career, probably.

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