She's only donating £100,000 for her family owning slave plantations in the Caribbean, despite the UK government giving her £34,000 compensation in 1834 which would be worth more than £3,000,000 today.
It’s a PR move. I suspect that while she was at the BBC she realised that she would never rise higher in the organisation due to her family history. The BBC is extremely conscious of diversity optics in the current climate. So she left and pulled this move to either get a better standing at the BBC or to get a better position at another media outlet. She recently called out King Charles III - all trying to get publicity and build a portfolio as a quote unquote advocate for reparations. A bit out of touch if you ask me - her campaign is just drawing more attention to the fact that her family owned slaves so I guess there is some satisfaction to be had in that. The rich don’t always get away with it.
@@ZZz-ud3bbI would focus on the fact that she is using the legacy of those poor people in a self-serving action. If you do a quick Google you will see that she has published books on her family’s history and it was quite some time ago (noughties). She’s known since forever - it’s just inconvenient to her now.
Your families shame so your family pays reparations and £100k ain’t gonna cut it. Find the money from your wealthy family that are rich today because of their history. Leave the rest of us out of it.
