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Sir Lenny Henry: All black British people should be paid slavery reparations
Sir Lenny Henry's book demands £18 trillion in reparations for black British people and Caribbean nations to address slavery's lasting social and economic impacts.
- Sir Lenny Henry, comedian, argues taxpayers should fund slavery reparations for all black British people in The Big Payback, co-written with Marcus Walker, due October 9.
- Sir Lenny Henry argues in The Big Payback that taxpayers should fund slavery reparations for all black British people, targeting Caribbean nations and the British public with a proposed �18trillion payout.
- The book cites the Brattle Group's $100trillion finding to quantify reparations for 'loss of liberty' and related harms, linking modern racism to historical slavery.
- The Conservative Party refused the reparations demands, a stance also held by Sir Keir Starmer, while critics warned funding and distribution are unclear and could ruin the country.
- At the start of September, Africa's EU equivalent joined a campaign demanding British taxpayers pay reparations amid mounting pressure in recent years; historically Britain took out a �20 million loan to compensate slave owners.
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Lenny Henry faces backlash after calling for slavery reparations for black Britons
In his new book The Big Payback, the comedian and actor argues that racism in modern Britain can be traced directly to the slave trade and calls for radical solutions to address its legacy
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British comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry has said that all black Britons should receive financial reparations for the consequences of slavery.
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