Lloyd's of London and Greene King to make slave trade reparations

Firms will provide money to benefit the BAME community and promote diversity

Two major British firms have pledged to make payments to representatives of black people, as well as those of other minority ethnic backgrounds, as they seek to address their founders’ roles in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The pub chain and brewer Greene King and the insurance market Lloyd’s of London both revealed on Wednesday evening that they would be making the reparations.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2URFvsM