{"product_id":"the-big-payback-by-lenny-henry-9780571380015","title":"The Big Payback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the abolition of the slave trade two centuries ago, the British government paid huge amounts of compensation to slave-owners. Only in 2015 did British taxpayers stop paying off this debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow is it that slave-owners were paid compensation from our taxes, yet the enslaved and their families were not? Why should the descendants of former slave-owners still benefit from inherited wealth while the successors of the victims of slavery receive nothing, and may have even paid towards the debt of compensation through their taxes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with these simple but startling questions, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder explore the burning issue of how best we can resolve the inequality resulting from 400 years of the enslavement of African people and the ongoing racism still suffered by millions across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTalking to reparation experts, economists, politicians, and anti-racism campaigners, including Bell Rebeiro-Addy, Robert Beckford, Kenneth Mohammed and Kehinde Andrews, they investigate how reparations can work, and how we can help to make them happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Big Payback\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand and address the legacies of the past in our societies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47617247314156,"sku":"9780571380015","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/651b65d26945fd42bf1e8ed2fb576b10.jpg?v=1778533972","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-big-payback-by-lenny-henry-9780571380015","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}