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Sir Lenny Henry sparked controversy by demanding that every black British person receive taxpayer-paid slavery reparations.

The comedian is using a new book called The Great Payback to force Britain to issue £18 trillion in reparations to target not only Caribbean nations but also British citizens.

Writing in the book, Sir Lenny said that “all black Britons … need reparations for slavery”, adding: “We personally deserve money for the effects of slavery.” The news comes after Britain’s ethnic minorities made the devastating decision over Britain’s woke views.

Sir Lenny worked with TV Executive and Diversity Charity Patron Marcus Ryder to write the book, which sets out the arguments and historical justification for Cash Stops.

Most of Britain’s black population has African roots

The 2.4 million black people living in Britain mostly trace their heritage directly to Africa, not to slaves living in the Caribbean.

The book breaks down this distinction, arguing that modern racism, which it attributes to the slave trade, affects all black people.

Based on this reasoning, the authors declare that reparations should go to all black people.

Sir Lenny insists that “the reason we have racism today and also… why black British people are grossly over-represented in the prison population” as well as other inequalities such as higher unemployment among black people “are all due to the transatlantic slave trade”.

October Release Date for Controversial Tome

Faber plans to publish the book on October 9, and the authors argue Britain has an obligation to pay trillions in reparations – funds they say can and should be deployed to “save the world of racism”.

The publication insists that Western societies built on slavery and racism must “dismantle the foundations” before building “new foundations.”

Achieving this depends on “redistributing” power and “changing how power is shared within and between countries.”

Consulting report used to justify massive sum

The authors cite the Brattle report, “Reparations Report for Transatlantic Tortel Slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean,” by consulting firm Brattle Group.

Advisers came to a staggering $100 trillion (about £74.5 trillion) by assigning “loss of freedom” and “mental anguish” plus monetary values ​​that slaves never received.

Labor MP and Provocative Professor Back Project

Labor MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group for Afrikaans reparations, wrote material that appears in the book.

Britain’s first “Black Studies” professor, Kehinde Andrews, who claims Winston Churchill “the British empire was far worse than the Nazis” and that the St George’s Cross is “racist”, also contributed to the publication.

Publication emerges amid pressure campaign

The book is hitting shelves as a broader movement gathers momentum to remove reputation payments from European countries.

September, Africa’s equivalent of the EU has jumped into a campaign to pressure British taxpayers to pay compensation for the country’s so-called “historic crimes”.

The African Union has sought “meaningful reparations” from “former colonial powers” to address the exploitation of its people and land in the 1800s.

Despite assembly pressure, British prime ministers have repeatedly rejected demands for compensation and Sir Keir Starmer has maintained this stance.