‘This is not reparations’ Church of England face demands for ‘real’ compensation for involvement in slavery by LeahMahon_
THE CHURCH OF England’s pledge to invest £100ml to “address past wrongs” after their slave trade past has been blasted for not being real reparations.
“That fact is this £100 billion fund is not reparations. And I think people need to be properly educated on the fact that just because an institution makes a link between its own resources and slavery and people say we’re going to put some money to try and address this issue, doesn’t make it reparations just because someone acknowledges a history of slavery,” she said.
Ms Stanford-Xosei believes that the recent efforts have only been made by the Church due to the activism of black members in the religious institution. “But it’s a long way away from reparations. Reparations are not grants, this is what they’re saying that people can apply for grants. They make it very clear that these grants are not necessarily specific to affected communities, which again, is what would be an indicator of reparations. But it has to be people who have been harmed actually get to have a say on how the resources should be utilised.
The Church of England’s endowment fund totals over £9bn, which had its origins in the South Sea Company, following its announcement that they would invest £100ml over nearly a decade.
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