ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that there is a persuasive link between the transatlantic slave trade and the racism (and/or disadvantage) suffered by black people today found in institutional racism. It argues that some reparations arguments are not just about financial compensation. The idea of reparations is a deeper concept than the notion of monetary compensation. The book considers the role skin colour plays in the institutional racism of social relations and the gendered nature of these relations since the arena mostly surrounds black women. It shows that social movements are a way of moving forward with the debate on institutional racism and reparations. The book also argues that there are hundreds of years of racist ideology that provides an institutionally racist structure within which controversial black custodial deaths occur. It discusses the Race Directive and its relationship to institutional racism.
