Critics question reparation offers from British corporations with slave trade ties

"It's about PR. It's not actually dealing with the problem."

June 19, 2020

Too little, too late?

As a number of British institutions and corporations respond to Black Lives Matter protests with pledges of reparations for their historic links to slavery and exploitative colonialism, some are asking whether their moves are no more than "empty gestures."

Calling it "an unacceptable part of English history," the Bank of England issued an apology late Thursday for its leadership's involvement in the slave trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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