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If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

- Hilary Beckles
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The Caribbean calls upon the enslaving governments of Europe and their national institutions, all enriched and empowered by their crimes against humanity, to return to the region in order to participate in cleaning up their colonial mess.

Reparative justice is not about black people standing on the street corners expecting charities from white folks. This is about building of bridges across lines of moral justice.

You can read Windrush as a morality tale, but it is about the future of black people in the Caribbean. Where next will they want us to labour? Where is the next place they will take us? Why do we not focus on building our own economies and societies? We need to put all hands on deck to get our economies to function at a higher level.

What are the 10 major legacies that European colonization have left behind? Issues of illiteracy. Issues of ill health. Issues of poor infrastructure. Issues of backward agricultural economies. And it goes on.

The Caribbean world has changed radically since the 1960s, and postcolonial generations have very different mentalities from those that went before.

The cricket star, like everyone else, should have an intelligent understanding of the crisis of the nation-state and the marginalisation of small communities within the global economy.

Effectively, what we are saying to the governments of Europe is, 'OK, after 300 years, you have left these islands in a pretty bad state. You've left them with terrible developmental challenges, and we believe you have a responsibility to return to the Caribbean and participate in the rebuilding of the Caribbean.'

What are the 10 major legacies that European colonization have left behind? Issues of illiteracy. Issues of ill health. Issues of poor infrastructure. Issues of backward agricultural economies. And it goes on.

The cricket star, like everyone else, should have an intelligent understanding of the crisis of the nation-state and the marginalisation of small communities within the global economy.

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If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.

If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.