How Racism Impacts Barbados, an Incomplete Sample

While Black Barbadians have never been financially compensated in any way for being enslaved, the white slaveholders were provided financial compensation at the end of slavery. They were given sums on a case by case basis. You can<a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estates/?fbclid=IwAR3HOhw44eMgP9dht-NSEwZMLh6_o10AVAbRQw_E8_tONBe9lqAyc6UgG6s" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> look up your last name here</a> and see if your family received money that they were able to invest in themselves, which benefits you today. Note that Black families were forced to take on the last names of those who enslaved them, but did not receive this compensation. Not all White Bajans are wealthy, but we are disproportionately represented in the middle, and upper ‘classes’ due to our historical head-start and our social proximity to those who are wealthy. Financial stability and community safety nets translate into health, education, power, security, and more which white Bajans of all financial backgrounds benefit from. <a href="https://becomingantiracist.medium.com/how-racism-impacts-barbados-an-incomplete-sample-a2e9701bb467">Visit Now</a>