The Sunday Debate: Should the West pay Reparations for Slavery?

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🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Should there be a broad programme of reparations – not just financial compensation, but acknowledgement of the crimes committed and the lasting damage caused by slavery? Or would this just worsen social tensions by reopening old wounds? That's the theme of this week's Sunday Debate. Arguing for the motion were Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University; and Esther Stanford-Xosei, reparations activist and lawyer. Arguing against the motion were Katharine Birbalsingh, headmistress and co-founder of Michaela Community School in London; and Tony Sewell, educational consultant and CEO of the charity Generating Genius. The debate was chaired by social historian and presenter Emma Dabiri. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.5	solve? That's the theme of this week's Sunday debate as we're going back to 2019.
1:23.5	When we stage the motion, the West should pay reparations for slavery. It's a
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1:36.6	Hello and welcome to this Intelligence Square debate on the motion that the West
1:42.3	should pay reparations for slavery. The issue of reparations has gathered
1:47.5	momentum and a renewed sense of urgency in recent years. In America, Senator
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