Remember this when y’all frame the wealth disparities between races in the islands as just black people not being savvy at business. Cause some of the takes I saw on generational wealth yesterday show a serious lack of understanding how racism and slavery contribute tdt https://twitter.com/fusionldn/status/1266872077837127680
Apparently it was the loan that was fully repaid in 2015. But the fact still remains that a lot of the wealth disparities that exist today are heavily impacted by slavery. That it took them til 2015 to repay the loan is telling https://twitter.com/reneh/status/1267046042031316992?s=21
Again lemme plug the documentary Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners by the BBC that give a very in-depth look at the compensation the crown gave to slave owners. I think it was taken off YouTube but I’m sure it’s available online somewhere
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