Racial privilege: can White Debt ever be repaid?

This is a digital-only ThinkIn.

The myth often taught in schools is that Britain’s role in slavery was as the abolisher, but the reality is much more sinister. ​​Why are people still reluctant to engage in any meaningful way with the British legacy of slavery? When the award-winning author Thomas Harding discovered that his mother’s family had made money from the slave plantations worked by people of African descent, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became a quest to learn more about Britain’s role in slavery. Is the national amnesia that masks the role of the British in this devastating period finally lifting? Join us for a provocative Thinkin where we’ll explore how future generations of those who benefitted from slavery need to acknowledge and take responsibility for the white debt

Professor Robert Beckford
Academic and theologian. Professor of Climate and Social Justice, University of Winchester

Thomas Harding
Award winning author and journalist. Author of White Debt

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