Benedict Cumberbatch’s family have reportedly been placed on a list of wealthy descendants that could be faced with a reparations fight with the Barbados government.
’s family have reportedly been placed on a list of wealthy descendants that could be faced with a reparations fight with the Barbados government.
The Oscar nominee and his family have been placed under the watch of the island’s government after the star’s ancestry came to light. Ahead of a court case between Barbados and conservative MP Richard Drax – that will set the precedent for this to be carried out – general secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration, David Denny, explained the thought process toHe said: ‘Any descendants of white plantation owners who have benefitted from the slave trade should be asked to pay reparations, including the Cumberbatch family.
Finding themselves in hot water in the past, the actor that starred in the movie depicting slavery revealed his mother had once warned him against using his real surname for fear of reparation claims, according to The Guardian.
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