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Reparatory justice need to be tailored to different communities and their needs, the chairman of a commission seeking justice and reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans has said.
Sir Hilary Beckles told 91热爆 Hardtalk鈥檚 Zeinab Badawi: 鈥淭here are multiple roads leading to the roundabout.
鈥淎nd we don't want to necessarily to have everyone walking like sheep down a narrow path. We are a community of multiple experiences and diversities.鈥�
In the United States there was a argument for cash in hand as part of the repayment for the loss of land, businesses and personal victimisation, he said.
But in the Caribbean there was argument for a reparatory justice model about developing infrastructure including more schools and public health, Sir Hilary said.
