Discussion panel about the experience and responsibilities of slavery
Was our response to the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade meaningful? As politicians queue up to make apologies, a distinguished panel asks how slavery shapes the experience of black people today, and what our responsibilities are in dealing the legacy of slavery. Speakers: Tony Benn, former Labour MP and cabinet minister; Marika Sherwood, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and author of After Abolition. Chair: Colin Prescod, chair of the Institute of Race Relations.