reparations

"We demand truth, justice, and reparations," the organisation added.

The group submitted a 400-page legal petition to the Foreign Office earlier this month seeking an official apology and reparations from the UK.

California became the first state government in the country to study reparations after the 2020 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer sparked a national conversation on racial justice.

“Southern Man”? It’s probably a little glib to declare it a song about reparations, but it’s also not an incorrect observation.

It followed pressure from within the country for France to acknowledge its atrocities in its former colony and pay reparations.