Ok, so strategy should always be…Agree and Amplify
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00:00 Don Lemon. Well, this is coming . . . all of this wealth and you hear about it comes as England is facing rising costs of living, a living crisis, austerity budget cuts, and so on. And then you have those who are asking for reparations for colonialism, and they're wondering, you know, $100 billion dollar, $24 billion dollars here and there, $500 million there. Some people want to be paid back and members of the public wonder "why are we suffering when you are . . . you know, you have all of this vast wealth. Those are legitimate concerns.
00:32 Hilary Fordwich Well, I think you're right about reparations. If people want it though, what you need to do is to always go back to the beginning of the supply chain. Where was the beginning of the supply chain? That was in Africa. When across the entire world that slavery was taking place, which was the first nation in the world that abolished slavery? First nation in the world to abolish was, started by William Wilberforce, was British, Great Britain, they abolished slavery. 2,000 naval men died on the high seas trying to stop slavery. Why? Because the African kings were rounding up their own people. They had them in cages waiting on the beaches. No one was running into Africa to get them. But I think you're totally right. If reparations need to be paid, we need to go right back to the beginning of that supply chain and say, "Who was rounding up their own people, and having them handcuffed in cages?" Absolutely. That's where they should start. And maybe, I don't know, the descendants of those families, where the naval men died at the high seas trying to stop the slavery, that those families should receive something, too, I think, at the same time.
1:36 Lemon [stunned] It's an interesting discussion, Hilary. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. We'll continue to discuss in the future.
