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World Service,13 Jun 2020,53 mins

Should the US pay reparations to the descendants of slaves?

Business Weekly

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Business Weekly continues the conversation around race and racism sparked by the death of George Floyd. We’ll be asking whether African Americans should be paid reparations for their ancestors' enslavement. We’ll hear from Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television and Mae Jamison, the first woman of colour in space, gives us her thoughts on how today’s protesters differ from those in the 1960s when she was a young girl in Chicago. Plus, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that a lot of us work so we’ll be asking whether office buildings will ever be the same again. Presented by Lucy Burton. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

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