Are We Not Worthy?

Former Prime Minister of Jamaica PJ Patterson has penned an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron telling him that Jamaica deserves an apology from Britain for slavery.

Prime Minister, the most noble intentions were jarred by those portions of your address which asserted that slavery was a long time ago, in the historical past and “as friends we can move on together to build for the future.”

The attempt to trivialise and diminish the significance of 300 years of British enslavement of Africans and the trade in their bodies reflect the continued ethnic targeting of our ancestors and their progeny for discriminatory treatment in both the annals of history and in the present. You have refused to apologise. Yet your government has apologised to everyone else for horrid crimes. Are we not worthy of an apology or less deserving?

Read the full article from the Jamaica Gleaner Published:Thursday | October 8, 2015.