Caribbean pushes Britain to talk reparations

Receive our FREE acclaimed newsletters: EDITORIALLY BLACK, ELECTION 2024 and ART + SOUL to your email inbox Get the top Racial Equity stories of the day from one of America’s most influential oldest continuously published Black newspapers, serving the nation’s largest Black and brown community. Includes powerful reporting from Word In Black. Sign up to stay connected. The Commonwealth summit, involving more than 50 former British colonies around the globe, ended over the weekend in the Pacific island nation of Samoa, with the Caribbean delegations being somewhat pleased that they had helped to force the British to agree to formally discuss reparations for the transAtlantic slave trade. #placement_785200_0_i{width:100%;margin:0 auto;} Sign up for our acclaimed free newsletter Editorially Black with the top Racial Equity stories of the day to your inbox! The region — comprising about a dozen independent nations, along with African powerhouses like Nigeria and Ghana, as well as Pacific nations with links to slavery — had held a strong unified position, demanding that Britain own up to the horrors of slavery and be prepared to not only apologize for its role, but also shell out monetary compensation and consider debt write-offs at future forums. A document signed by...