Professor urges Jamaicans to educate themselves on reparation

Chairperson of the National Commission on Reparations, Professor Verene Shepherd says Jamaica continues to suffer from the legacies of slavery and is urging Jamaicans to educate themselves about reparation.



Shepherd says the relationship between historical injustices, persistent poverty as well as diminishing opportunities and development are not well understood by many Jamaicans.



Speaking at a recent think tank put on by the Jamaica Information Service, she said these relationships have loomed larger than ever before as the primary obstacle to development.



Shepherd says enslaved people have been misrepresented and adds that past injustices continue to blight the development of the Caribbean.



She emphasised that a call for reparation includes a long-term commitment to stabilise and compensate those who were oppressed and subordinated by the dominant colonial powers.



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