Reparations: the tyranny of imaginary guilt, with Nigel Biggar & Katie Lam

Reparations: the tyranny of imaginary guilt, with Nigel Biggar & Katie Lam

The past few years have seen growing calls for countries in the global west to pay reparations to former colonies for their role in the transatlantic slave trade. The debate over reparations was already part of the so-called ‘culture wars’, but became louder following the Black Lives Matter movement, as many groups sought to re-examine their histories. Calls for reparations have been embraced by the Church of England which set up a £100 million …