Are Weli to Have Pognitive Justice?

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Am, it's important to recognize that people are individuals, and those individuals are responsible for the things that they do spoke very specifically about the legacy that endures to this day. Every successive generation of african people has championed reparations. You cannot reduce reparations to money and compensation. Foromamot oksod, we are thereat. We are them. This is not an academic debate. Is why some of us are raised in this time to continue the struggle that they began.

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.

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