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SUMMARY:The Big Payback: Reparations and how money shapes our morality an
 d views on racial justice - Marcus Ryder in conversation with Gary Young
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DESCRIPTION:Marcus Ryder in conversation with Gary Younge\, on reparation
 s and how money shapes our morality and our views on racial justice. See
  Eventbrite link for more details and to register for a free place. \n\n
 The transatlantic slave trade is often framed as a moral atrocity of the
  past. Yet both its legacy\, and the way we respond to it today\, reveal
  something deeper: that our moral positions are often shaped\, and const
 rained\, by our financial realities.\n\nWhen slavery was abolished in Br
 itain\, the government compensated slave owners\, not the enslaved - fun
 ding those payments through public debt that was only fully repaid in 20
 15. At no point were those who suffered\, or their descendants\, compens
 ated. At the time\, economic arguments were used to defend slavery - and
  later\, to shape how it was ended.\n\nToday\, similar patterns persist.
  Calls for reparations are frequently diverted away from questions of ju
 stice and towards questions of cost. The debate shifts from “Is this rig
 ht?” to “Can we afford it?” - allowing financial considerations to defin
 e the limits of moral responsibility.\n\nWhy has economic necessity so o
 ften been used to justify injustice\, or delay its remedy? From slavery 
 to child labour\, and into contemporary debates about reparations\, how 
 has finance shaped not just what we do - but what we believe is right?\n
 \nIn this event\, Marcus Ryder\, in conversation with Gary Younge\, will
  explore the historical and ongoing relationship between economics and m
 orality\, arguing that while finance may determine the scale and structu
 re of reparations\, it must never determine whether they are justified. 
 Drawing on The Big Payback\, co-authored with Lenny Henry\, he will make
  the case that reparations are not simply a financial question\, but a m
 oral one - and that confronting this distinction is essential to address
 ing the enduring legacy of slavery and racial injustice.\n\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Room 1.219\, University Place\, Manchester
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