{"product_id":"the-big-payback-by-lenny-henry-9780571380060","title":"The Big Payback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoth timely and vital . . . There has never been greater need for a thoughtful discussion on race. This study of the case for reparations, which binds the past and present together so cleverly, is an important contribution.\u003c\/em\u003e - Diane Abbott, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter abolishing 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. How 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 even have paid towards the debt of compensation through their taxes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with these simple but startling questions and talking to reparation experts, economists, politicians and anti-racism campaigners, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder explore the burning issue of how to best resolve the ongoing inequality and racism resulting from four hundred years of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67798158311660,"sku":"9780571380060","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571380060-the-big-payback-1.jpg?v=1792472599","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-big-payback-by-lenny-henry-9780571380060","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}