All of the following statements from the article support its central idea EXCEPT:
A
But for almost every Caribbean leader who
spoke to the United Nations General
Assembly last week, one issue came up time
and again: compensating descendants of
enslaved and oppressed Africans in Europe's
former colonies for the generational and,
arguably, irreparable damage of slavery.
B
In recent weeks, the movement for
reparations has been gaining momentum,
occupying the attention of leaders of the 15-
member Caribbean Community regional
bloc, who have unanimously agreed to make
a moral, ethical and if necessary - legal
case for the former colonial powers to pay
up.
It was Beckles' recently published book,
"Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for
Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide,"
from which the conference's title was drawn.
The book argues that Britain built its
economic empire on slave labor, and the
legacy of slavery continues to play out in the
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