Rishi Sunak refuses to apologise for Britain's slavery record
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2023
- The UK prime minister has said he will not apologise for Britain's record on slavery because 'trying to unpick our history' is not the right approach.
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The Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy asked Sunak to give a 'full and meaningful apology' and commit to reparatory justice.
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as an african man, I believe an apology does nothing or changes nothing. The sins of the father aren't the sins of the son.
I'm a Ghanaian, I wanna ask her if they will pay the British for fighting to end slavery?????? Ne kwasia!
Same as it is Africa which did sell his sons as slaves to the British
these nations primary source of wealth was these atrocities so even if they didn’t commit the crimes they still benefit from it and live off of it.
But son get the inheritance as heirs...... If u own their wealth why not their apologies and some shame 😂😂😂😂
@@aakash3071because we only stoped paying off out debt for freeing all British slaves in 2015. Because our country lead the crusade against slavery and is the only reason it was ridden from Europe and the Americas
Let's spend our energy on ending the slavery that still exists.
Which would still includes Africans.
@@phoenixgaruda5223 Africa needs to do more to end slavery.
@@stephenkane1074 Explain
@@phoenixgaruda5223 Google
In Africa by Africans.
Why would he apologise for something he didn’t do?
His apology would be on the behalf of the British government, who he serves as the primary representative and who provably committed all of the accused atrocities and more.
@@bloodfiredrake7259he was on the receiving side of British colonialism
@@varunpatil599
how
he was born in Britain to parents who were born in Africa
their parents were born in India
@@varunpatil599 Not him Personally
@@bloodfiredrake7259 Then maybe Spain and every other african nation should apologize too because fellow africans cant keep acting like we didnt enslave our enemies
Africans and Indians in the British parliament arguing about slavery is the most 21st century thing ever
Fr
African asking apology from Indian origin British for enslaving her ancestors
@@akhripasta2670😂most of us are going to need apologies
@@akhripasta2670 The Sheedis black Indians of African descent are descended from African slaves.
😂😂 UK is done and they are free from this and both scammers will fight
The fact that a woman MP with African heritage is asking the PM who has Indian heritage, shows that there is no need to apologise. I wonder what slavers and ordinary folk from 200 years ago would make of that exchange if they could be transported to 200 years in the future.
Spot on
Maybe they'll feel ashamed🤣
she is the one who needs to appologise, Africans were the enslavers afterall
They would think its a nightmare
That pm has Stockholm Syndrome
On behalf if everyone I apologise to everyone for everything. Job done.
Get elected first…
Apologies offend me... you may now apologise for apologising then you can apologise for that apology too... and that one too... and that one too... 🤔
OK no problem. Don't do that stuff again
Thanks. Now send cash too.
Hallelujah everyone Dee Jay saved the planet.
Apology wont change anything. Also, how can Rishi be held accountable, when his mother country was in the same boat. Actions speak louder than words.
and what would his mother country be?
@@veggiesupreme3556 India
This dude has nothing to do with India, other than his wife. He doesn't even speak Hindi. He is a Brit.
@@Kitxne bro the man was born in the UK and went to Winchester College. He’s probably more British than you or I. His parents were born in Kenya. He’s a long way from being from India
Apology and action will change things. If you don't apologize it means you don't regret it. Simple.
He's an indian apologising to a woman who is mixed race about an issue that didn't happen in either of their lifetimes 😂😂😂 the left are on another planet.
will africa also apologize for enslaving their own or is this only the UK ?
Just the uk
Leave it to brits to use whataboutism XD
They won't, because they have no shame to do so
Some already have look it up
Yes unfortunately it is only in the UK, did I answer your questions darling?
As an Italian, I apologize for having invaded Britain.🗿
Thats a nice apology but as a briton you have no need to be sorry for something that happened centuries ago, I don't suppose you were there at the time?
@@darrenfirth3458 yeah, I was joking because of how absurd it is
Yeah I had a feeling you were being sarcastic (just wasn't sure)😂
Thank you for doing so; we wouldn’t have roads otherwise.
I'll let you off this once 😂😂😂
She should apologize for wasting everyone's time.
Exactly and making us suffer her presence.
😂
Considering all the terrible atrocities that have occurred in Africa over the last few decades by the various African governments, I never once heard an apology.
Give examples
@@chideraalexanderdex547 By deflecting the subject , you implictly admit that they owe apology
@@mddi1420 I simply asked for examples of this claim of atrocities by African governments
@@chideraalexanderdex547 idi amin of Uganda
@@JohnWick_897 who was overthrown by neighboring African countries and banished from the continent
Next
Why must we constantly apologize for something we had no part of.
Yet Africa and the Middle East still have slaves.
Yep. And It’s the exact same with imperialism too. Certain countries/ethnicities get a pass on imperialism it seems while others don’t.
For once...just for once in my entire life, I agree with Rishi Sunak
Becoz he is brown ...you don't support him?
@@eshankashyap5169 I am brown sir, but I am not a racist...
She was there to bait him and to force him on a guilt trip for something his own ancestors never did. That lady exemplifies extreme insanity among those in the professional victim-hood industry. Now, suppose Sunak did offer an apology on behalf of the government, then what? When people demand a personal apology from me at work or in society for the most b/s of reasons, I always say: "I sure can apologize to you. I WON'T MEAN IT at all on my part." I'll simply do it to get you to stop stealing my oxygen; in the way others avoid (or swat away) gnats or mosquitoes in the air. Cheers.
@@eshankashyap5169 So you support him just because he is brown ? How about that black woman there ? Will you support her ? And other Asian - yeallow team ?
Cuz you are Indian
I’m black and this was ridiculous, what’s an apology gonna do?😂
The question says more about her. It's a way of raising her personal profile nothing more.
exactly, its not gonna do anything
Nothing at all lol. If the people who harmed my family generations ago aren't alive then the apology just doesn't work.
It means the countries pillaged then have a legal standing they can pursue.
It starts the process for reparations.
Props to Sunak for this. Simple and clear answer
Fun fact, Black Barbary pirates used to capture Cornish fisherman for use as slaves, this was happening even after Britain gave two fingers to the world and outlawed the trading in slaves.
@lg8000 and your point is? Are you systematically discriminated against even now for it? Are you more likely to be u employed, or live in sub stantial housing, less likely to be promoted to a senior position at your work place. Are their words in the dictionary that are forever synominised derogatorarily to your race like blackmail, black guard, blacklie. You just dont understand cos you have never thought to ask
@L G we will send you some pasties
They weren't Black, lol.
well, I'm am a descendant of those black Barbary pirates, I can assure you that the first time I saw a Black guy was when I visited France
they were arab
All nations have been involved in slavery, many african nations themselves were complicit! Can we as a country not be proud that we were actually the first to outlaw slavery and then actively policed the seas to counter it?
Since when are we responsible for the 'sins of our fathers'? This was 200 years ago!!
You clearly don't understand how the actions of the past have so affected generations thereafter. Even up to the 1960s when my folks immigrated here. Try sitting with a group of elderly Caribbean migrants to this country then see if you still think the way you do
@@gregorysmith2304 You could make that statement about any country though. Eventually the responsibility falls on you personally and not historical injustices.
@@gregorysmith2304 the Windrush generation were never asked nor invited to come.
"The sins of the father are yours to bear, forever. So tow the line and bend the f**King knee."
"Sam Harris-Making Sense" podcast, 2020.
@@TheAArmstrong black people have taken much and received little. My parents were paid less than their white counterparts in the 1950 60s any compensation for that no?. Equality and diversity is about trying to level up for groups affected. Imagine a fence is built its 6ft tall. It wasnt intentionally built that way, for years people try and look over it, for years those over 6ft paid no attention to this wall why? Cos they could always look over it but what if your 5.5ft never able to look over that wall, until someone gave you a ladder. Society is like that unequal and their are groups that require help and assistance to level up
As a Indian, I apologize to Britons for taking over the English cuisine, and make it more Indian. Curry place every corner like it’s a quintessential English pub. 😂
We will never forgive you for making our food delicious
What food did india had take ?? Curry is not even used in india. Every Indian food is copied by England 😂. Just few days ago, i learned curry is a paste lol.
How could you do this to us
Remind me what’s your National Dish once again ? 😂
yummy
Never apologise for something you dident do, this is redicilous
The apology is meant to be on behalf of the British government. Einstein!
@@akshaymanta55present British government has never been involved in slavery. They have nothing to apologize for
@@akshaymanta55 THIS British government weren't alive at the time of slavery, neither was I. No apology. No reparations.
@@bobuh I understand your point but if you ever come across even an iota of the literature of the kind of depredations the erstwhile British Govt. made us go through you'd understand that it's one's duty as a compassionate human being to at the very least tender an apology without bruising one's ego.
I'm only saying it because if the shoe was on the other side we as a Nation would've done it on humanitarian grounds.
I'm only saying this because the atrocities were unimaginable if only one manges to read about it one would quite naturally feel an obligation to apologize as a concentious human being.
@@Andrew-tx9jy I understand your point but if you ever come across even an iota of the literature of the kind of depredations the erstwhile British Govt. made us go through you'd understand that it's one's duty as a compassionate human being to at the very least tender an apology without bruising one's ego.
I'm only saying it because if the shoe was on the other side we as a Nation would've done it on humanitarian grounds.
I'm only saying this because the atrocities were unimaginable if only one manges to read about it one would quite naturally feel an obligation to apologize as a concentious human being.
It's not an apology she wants. its capitulation.
not even that, its money they want and to grind us under their feet.
Yep very true. One step at a time.
@King Dice should have made money without free labor and they would have never been a problem
You don’t know that unless you managed to somehow gain access to her thoughts.
I bet in the year 2100, there will still be some black people asking for an apology from people who didn't anything
The African sold their own people to the slavers 😂
That's a news from history 😅
Why should people who weren't even alive during periods of slavery apologise to people who weren't even affected by it???
As a man of African descent. I don’t need an apology
I demand you ask an apology from folks in Africa that did bad stuff.
The fact they refuse to acknowledge that the majority of slaves throughout history weren’t even black tells you all you need to know about their cause
Citation needed.
@@oxymoron02 history and an understanding of the global population.
You woudnt dare talk like that to a Small Hat..Facts
@callum mcintyre so you don't have a citation
@@oxymoron02 This is common knowledge. Do a google search and stop being lazy.
Africa has slaves in their own country right now, if you cared that much why not tackle the issues in the present instead of asking for an apology of people who have nothing to do with it? Yes the history is bad and should not have happened but this is not solving anything, how many people have to say sorry time and time again when they did nothing? Edit: Yes africa is not a country and i know that, worded it wrong.
Cuz white people
Not to mention China, Pakistan, UAE, North Korea etc.
If they actually wanted to "Deal with slavery" they'd move out of their warm offices and into a nation of poverty... But that would mean doing something just and honourable so we can't have that.
Agreed.
Yhey wer selling there own people into slavery well before Europeans arrived.have a go at there history instead of Britain's.move on.stop blaming other countries.for slavery wen it started in there own country first.
Also i find it hilarious that they asked a PM with indian heritage to apologize for what we did considering how badly we also treated india lol.
As an Argentinian I apologize for providing shelter to Austrian Painter
I thought he died in Germany, though
@@Adeon55 not you whole world believe that.
@@Adeon55as a human, I apologise for the human whom told you that
Austrian painter.
I shouldn't worry too much about, there are many, many, who still love that chap, they're not German though, I'm sure we may have some on here.
😂😂😂
South Africa is having daily blackouts due to government incompetence and here we are apologising for giving people a better chance at life where there's guaranteed energy every day
Every nation has been enslaved in one way or another. You learn and better yourself as a nation which England did after the Romans
They don’t want an apology, they want money.
Not that anyone can apologise for whatever acts were commuted 300 years ago. It’s like asking the Italians for reparations.
If apologies are wanted the thanks should be given. Sort of cancels each other out.
Say that to a Small Hat and get cancelled !
Excuse me? Britain was a colonial power as recent as the 90s! And still is a colonial power!
Thanks for what?
So it's just a massive coincidence that most places colonised by Europeans are still poor today?
@@mildlydispleased3221 So Australia, USA Canada, NZ, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Malta, Cyprus?
If these people do get reparations they should pay taxpayers back who actually paid slaves owner’s off for their losses which we didn’t finish paying until 2015.
Your comment makes no sense.
starts soon ;)))
Wouldn’t that be like going around in a circle and punishing descendants of slaves again a second time?
It's remarkable that in your brain this somehow made sense.
@@ddhh1270 in the early 1800's when britain abolished slavery and britons would die fighting in the seas to free slaves from ships, the UK took out a huge loan to free all slaves from their masters. This huge debt was being paid year after year, up until 2015 when it was finally paid. meaning many adults of the uk of today paid towards ending slavery.
I'm unsure what the lady is saying.
I can't find a definition of 'aks',
Anyone have any suggestions?
Truth be told, I don’t seem to like Rishi Sunak much but he seems to be right on this one:-
1. The apology won’t erase or change history.
2. Rishi is an Indian origin “Brit” and the apology in question won’t carry any weight because these atrocities were not perpetrated by his forefathers.
3. Notwithstanding, the sons don’t carry the sins of the fathers.
4. There are more pressing matters to attend to.
You cannot apologise for something that you have not done only issue a regret for what was done centuries ago....if reparation is needed then go to the Africans who sold Africans to the Traders.....to the point of supply. This is all about money and money grabbing.
Feel free to prove your claim.
@@oxymoron02 It’s well documented history, feel free to pick up a book sometime. Or not, I hear ignorance is bliss and the racial gravy train is doing you lot wonders.
@@oxymoron02 It's pretty common knowledge
@@oxymoron02 if you need proving to that african tribes enslaved eachother and sold eachother then im sorry buddy, your historians have failed you. Watch a 20 minute documentary and enlighten yourself.
@@oxymoron02 pay money to every black person you see walking on the street the next day and say its "reparations for slavery"
Why should he apologise .This happened hundreds of years ago It would never be allowed now and any one alive now had nothing to do with it .
Coz they want monies
German tax payers were still paying off war reparations in the 2000s despite no taxpayer having committed these atrocities, we inherit our nation’s wealth and conscience
I know, for exemple as a frenchman born in the 80s why should I say thank you to any englishman for wwii?
You were not there fighting, therefore I owe you nothing.
When he said “society” I felt that.
Apology wont change anything, whats happened has happened. Best thing is to learn from this and prevent such things from happening in future.
Then why did everyone else get an apology. Oh right. They got reparations. Sunak isn't even white. He should not even be asked. Where's the king
As a Portuguese person I demand Spain apologises for invading and ruling Portugal for 60 years . Or the Romans who also invaded us ….. Or the Anglo Saxons …. Or the moors ….. Just saying 🤔
I’m in front of you for the Roman and Viking reparations 😂
Learn the difference between invading and enslaving.
As a Portuguese person you could well look at your own country's grim history!
@@matthewlynas5089 I’m very proud of my country . 🇵🇹❤️💚💛
@@marks497 I’m from the north of Portugal so we also had the Viking’s invasion . And the French invaded us too . 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a person of 50% German Decent I give apologies for all the wars etc, etc. as a person of 50% Irish decent up yours we were the first slaves of the English.
How about I give you some compensation then you can hand it straight back??
St Patrick tried to stop you Irish but you kept on enslaving us!
Yes but Irish pirates enslaved the British look at Saint Patrick.
@@TheAArmstrong 🤣🤣
I mean, does Africa itself really want to compare record with Britain? Are you really sure that it does?
The idea that people must apologise or even pay compensation to other people in the present for the historical actions of people in the past is ridiculous.
What is ridiculous 🙄 is due to historical actions. People in the present have benefited financially and socially for generations to generations.
Then removed all the natural resources and placing countries they enslaved in a debt that is impossible to pay 😑
The government must apologise, not Rishi Sunak personally apologising 😂
@@mahmoudeltayeb2771 The goverment didn't do it either, they weren't born then.
@@Andrew-tx9jy nobody is saying that the current elected government is responsible, they should apologise on behalf of previous administrations, the current British state was born hundred of years ago, this is why the government apologises on behalf of its predecessors
@@mahmoudeltayeb2771 Let us make this simple. No responsibility = no apology. Why apologise for something you didn't do? Oh and there will be NO reparations either, the current people will not pay for something they didn't do either. Where would such nonsense end? Italy apologising to us for the Romans? France apologising to us for the Normans? Africa apologising to us for the people invading from the Rift valley? Ludicrous. Unlike some people we have got over things and learned not to blame others who are not responsible for ALL our ills. .
Rare but yes I agree with Rishi
Of course you do!
@BeautifulWhiteRace thief’s
@BeautifulWhiteRace bro u could have said why should he apologies for something his ancestors did
@BeautifulWhiteRace ur argument is kinda invalid
@BeautifulWhiteRace i didn't say it's completely inval8f however he is blaming your people for what they did in india
As a Portuguese person, I apologize......for something
portugal used to be one of the bbiggest world looters and had exploited colonies everywhere but now potugal is one of the poorest countries in the world
You Portuguese guys always apologise even for the air you breathe (said in a loving, lighthearted way).
@@drinkwater9891 It is not one of the poorest countries in the world.
@@worldmilitarystats well one of the poorest in europe, i think everyones favourite ronaldo is probably their entire economy and sometimes people from the uk might visit portugal instead of spain for sunny holidays
Vasco da Gamma was a pirate and a colonizer
If I was her, I'd ask for a salad instead..
Bruh recession so high in West EU, I doubt anyone will provide you that for free lol
An apology on behalf of people hundreds of years ago is completely meaningless.
I’m half Irish and half English so I guess my dad owes my mum a apology 😂this is so ridiculous
My mother ws half_Irish and half-English so my granfather should have apologized to my grandmother and viceversa for Irish pirates enslaving British slaves like Saint Patrick.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! DON'T LET THEIR EMOTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOOL YOU
He's not the one that should apologize. And you know why.
Excellent display of courage and clear thinking from PM Sunak 👏👏
A recent newspaper report on this MPs comment demonstrates the inaccuracy of such nonsense on reparations. Great Britain abolished slavery and policed the seas to implement that decision. West African states promoted slavery from within and particularly in the Bight of Biafra were, by admission, much involved and British administration did all in their power, often against the wishes of the Igbo and the middlemen, Arachuku, to prevent the horrific trade. The Portugese continued long after abolition, the Spanish and others; when have I heard any voices raised against their recorded history of slavery? The Nilotic and North African people were and in cases still are, unashamedly, brutal motivators and beneficiaries of slaving. No reparations and it would behove the black MP to turn her attention to Africa, of which I doubt she has any first-hand experience. Sunak is absolutely correct in his response.
Slavery was uneconomic in the end ,all that sanctimonious stuff was added later to suit the times.
@@jrobertsoneff You are so wrong.
Read some history on the subject.
@@jacobreisser8034 he can’t read, too busy eating crayons
Well said Matthew👏
Do we as British get repatriation for the slaves taken by the Barbary corsairs? I doubt it.
I’m not sorry for something somebody did hundreds of years ago.
Rare, but i agree with Rishi.
As a black person I think these “apologies” make no sense at all
they want an apology so they can take it as a legal admission of guilt, then push for reparations.
British taxpayer has paid there debts. I will not hear anything about this no more... You dont like our society and want to keep playing victim. You should leave.
Indeed
ASKED.... NOT AXED.... bruh
It’s SO strange isn’t it 😂
Thank you I hoped someone else would call that out
Yall never hung out with anyone of west indies descent or are you just racists?
@@overheadavi1234its something that a load of people do everywhere, it's not relegated to one culture group.
But sure EVERYTHING is about race these days for the professionally offended huh?
@@NiskaMagnusson you're literally correcting someone on their pronunciation of a word, unable to realise that not everyone pronounces words the same way as you. No one even knows you g 😭
She should apologize to rishi sunak for personally colonizing Rishi Sunak himself from 1858 to 1947.
I’m so proud of the Prime Minister.
Eweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@realorfake-1
Hush your fuss, Grand Pa. La la la la la la Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:)
Sunak should request Labour recognises and acknowledges the preventative measures of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron...
Many of those sailors died trying to abolish slavery, it's amazing how certain people like the woman in this video can warp historical fact.
@@Jim90117 The expenditure on the squadron also cancelled out any previous profit on slavery...
First time I’ve ever heard Sunak directly answer a question! Although saying he doesn’t want to “hide from Britain’s past” yet doesn’t want to “unpick history” doesn’t make much sense, slight contradiction!
Would Sanook speak like that to the Small Hats
that's a false equivalence
@@chris5201 is it? Please explain…
@@chris5201 he either wants to acknowledge Britain’s horrific deeds of the past or he doesn’t, sounds like he saying he doesn’t want to hide from it until it gets to a stage where it makes him feel uncomfortable.
Us Brits have nothing to apologise for and he knows it
As a bulgarian,I apologize for waging war against every balkan nation and having two empires.
Doesn't Turkey owe you an apology.
Rishi, your response is making your ancestors dance with joy in their graves...
what nonsense is this? Ask the head of state for an apology. I’d be amazed if Charles has not already done so many times.
Suprise charles hasn't done the knee
Living in the past, what's the point ?
Do they thank the west for the progress of medicine and the doubled and tripled life expectancy in africa ? It is has some value, no ? how much is worth ?
they have no coherent argument so they bring out the half a century old racism card while forgetting that the person they are asking an apology comes from a descent that was itself colonized and enslaved by the country in which they were having this non sensical debate.
How can you become an MP without being able to pronounce ask?
It is a fact of history that Britain repented of its slavery and released all the slaves. You cannot apologise for what other people did, or it reinforces the lie of guilt by association. Why should we apologise for something other people did, when the people who did it repented, and freed all the slaves?
After benefiting from it
@@nathanielmorrisson6666 So where do you draw the line. Forgiving the people who outlawed and worked to get rid of (but also benefited from) slavery, or 2 generations later or 4 generations later or 6 generations later or 8-10 generations later (where we are now) or do you blame people another 10 generations from now for the sins of their great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather's?
@@theodorebaker3399 I think you are missing the point.
The reason British are apologising is because they are relatively less powerful than they were when all of this happened.
It is simply a symptom of transition of power
@@johnlove2954 Rishi didn't apologize, this entire comment section is arguing wether or not he should of.
@@johnlove2954 As someone else said, you cannot apologise for something you didn't do, only regret it happened and make promises for the future.
Whether he apologises or not, will it change the history? 😂
This sort of time wasting is the ultimate reason for the country's downfall.
First time I agree with Rishi, we have waaaaay more urgent issues to deal with than talking about the history of this country.
Shouldnt Africans also apologise for African slavery by her logic. I mean these slaves were in fact sold by rich Africans?
Quite right too. These people need to learn about their own history first. Go and seek apologies from Nigeria, Ghana and Benin first.
As an American with Italian decent, I apologize for taking over all of Europe, parts of Africa, and the middle east.
I forgive you.. any chance I can have some money off you though please 😂
Italians in USA was classified as non-white and was treated badly in past
Why should he apologise. That is history and not of today and that is where it belongs. Stop bringing up the past and get on with the business of the world we live in today. This type of thing takes up too much time. Please leave the past in the past and concentrate on the future. Today will be history tomorrow.
You sound like someone who didn't have to live the consequences from the colonization of your country
@@ZeroHero00001 you sound as if Britain was the only country colonising others countries
I agree, for example why as a frenchman should I show any gratitude to the UK for ww2? You didn't fight there. As you said, the past is in the past.
Slavery has been in every country, so how about we all just call it quits 😂 it's pathetic, why look backwards, we should be aiming for the future!
There are now 67 foreign national MPs in the commons that is the biggest apology any country ever made about it's foreign policies of two centuries back. This is the only time the PM said anything that makes sense. 😮
It's sounds so wired to ask a Prime Minister of Indian descent to apologize for historical slavery by the white population in the UK against the black community, not to mention that India was once colonized by Britain.
They would blame me for something my great great great great great great great great great great great grandad did . Get with the times and stop gun and k ife crime in the uk !!!
As a Brazilian Citizen i do apologize for people who lived here in horrible conditions:Slavery. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😔🌎
Redemption of ham
LoL.
Don't apologise u didn't do it
What people don’t generally know is that Brazil received the vast majority of African slaves, some 60%, second was the Caribbean and last at 9% was the American south.
@@dg1006what about USA and Arabs?
If anyone deserves an apology from Britain it’s Ireland, their soldiers killed kids there less than 40 years ago…
An African lady who has done well for herself here is demanding from an Indian gentlemen who has also done well for himself that us Britains apologize ... this really is the twilight zone
❤ building a strong united future is better than dwelling on the past… Bravo!
great point MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, thank you for raising this 🙏
Why does she asking a man with indian heritage to apologize for someone else's descendants' crimes?
Well said, we shouldnt apologise, we should be leading the fight against modern day slavery like we have in the past but the government proffit from it themselves so they wont speak up about it.
Corporations do profit from it
Well, well, well short and simple. He could have done more by reminding her and all about the many apologies made by the government and by the monarch and it seems that every generation needs another. Those are the results of perpetual victims. I agree with the prime Minister.
This was a very strong message that should begin resonating throughout the entire world. Apologies are done! Well done PM
Sunak is to be compliment on his response.
Is that an admission that our current society isn't inclusive or tolerant of other backgrounds? Guess that's a first step, could go further and sack your home secretary as the logical next step
Asking an indian man to apologise on behalf of white mans ancestors? 🤔
Why do I have to say sorry for something I didn’t do to a person it didn’t happen to. If we go down this path I want an apology from the Roman’s, Vikings, celts, Saxon, franks and on and on
I agree, this current uk generation owes nothing to former colonies/ countries where they took slaves. Simply because they are not the ones who did it.
Following the same reasoning, France owes nothing to the UK for wwii.
Well done, Prime Minister
lol @ this african 🤣🤣
That's because they don't owe any apology.
As a Chinese, the importance is to improve our life no matter what race you are, rather stir frying the past none stop.
as a Indian we want the apology that will show the world it happed because i can bet british students dont even have a word of colonised era in their history
As a korean true and same
The brits are living in a colony now. 😂
Ok, I'm British so i'll bite, I'm sorry Britain colonised India before either of us were born. We should have left you alone. Ok now what?
Britain didn't invade or coloniese India. The Indian rulers gave us India and supervised from there on. There were also plenty of Indian colonial cheifs. You conquered each other then gave us control. 😅
@@overwatch17 There's nothing to be proud of there.
I’m black if I was the prime minister and I was asked to apologize now on behalf of the government imagine how that would make me feel
That would be hilarious. I want to see that lady ask that from you as PM!
An apology changes nothing... actions speaks louder than words it's a very basic saying but means alot.
Why should he? Nothing to do with him, or anyone on this planet.
What he refused was reparations because that’s the qualifier of her call for an apology anyway. The “meaningful apology” wouldn’t be meaningful if reparations didn’t come with it.
Why apologise, we haven’t done anything wrong. It happens in past. Making sure it never happens again. It’s history,so many mistakes have been made in past,learn n move on.
It still happens - where? In Africa.
@@matthewlynas5089 that’s a problem in Africa then not the UK. Take a look at the map…
It's not even a mistake, that's how human history was until the european enlightenment. So weird to see people using values invented in the West to denigrate the West.
Wwii is in the past, therefore as a frenchman I don't owe any gratitude towards the UK.
Take no one seriously who can’t pronounce the word “ask” right!!!
In 1066 William the Conqueror took the English throne and ended open slavery in England although it was replaced by serfdom where instead of owning the person the land that person relied on to feed himself was owned.
Is this woman a representative of UK or some African country? I'm getting confused.
She's a member of British parliament.
Who is she representing?
We'll never move forward as long a people dwell in the past
The past is what shaped the present. And the future is built upon ongoing facts, from the present.
Little do you know about the current exploitation of Africa, the French sphere of influence over the continent and most importantly the civil wars caused by the evil mark of imperialism.
@Ebany Dwayne no the exploitation of others at the hands the evil "west" is known throughout history continuing to cry about being its victims is counter productive. We always talk about how the Europeans take from others but never mention the people in our own communities that will sell each other out for a profit.
U cannot speak for victims and the legacy that remains. 400 years of slavery doesn’t wipe away so easily. We will continue to fight regardless of what people say.
@@ebanydwayne1357you're living in a bubble
@@vaughanbrowne5504 And we will keep saying no.