Man Sues Jay-Z & Barclay's For $5 Billion In Slave Reparations
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A Brooklyn activist by the name of Clive Campbell is suing Jay-Z, Bruce Ratner, and Barclay's bank to the tune of $5 Billion dollars seeking slavery reparations. The three entities are linked to a 4 billion dollar Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. A new arena for Jay-Z's New Jersey Nets basketball team, along with 6,000 apartments are set to be constructed. Barclay's bank will own the name to the new arena and everyone gets what they want, right?.. Well not quite.
Barclay's has been accused of having links to the slave trade in the past (a claim that they deny), and Mr. Campbell says Jay-Z and Ratner worked “in concert” with Barclays, and “profited from the African Slave Trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth.”
"The New York Observer":http://www.observer.com/2008/founder-hip-hop-filing-5-billion-claim-against-jay-z-bruce-ratner
Barclay's has been accused of having links to the slave trade in the past (a claim that they deny), and Mr. Campbell says Jay-Z and Ratner worked “in concert” with Barclays, and “profited from the African Slave Trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth.”
"The New York Observer":http://www.observer.com/2008/founder-hip-hop-filing-5-billion-claim-against-jay-z-bruce-ratner
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