Commonwealth or Common Plunder?
The British Monarchy has still not officially acknowledged its role in the beginnings of the British slave trade and subsequent profiting off of it. Can the royals responsibly lead the Commonwealth while continuing to ignore the roots of its founding?
Huge debt to the framing of this episode to Brooke Newman’s article in Slate on the royal family’s role in the British slave trade. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/british-royal-family-slavery-reparations.html
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