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In the week when George Floyd was laid to rest, Business Weekly asks whether African Americans should be paid reparations for their ancestors' enslavement.

Business Weekly continues the conversation around race and racism sparked by the death of George Floyd. We鈥檒l be asking whether African Americans should be paid reparations for their ancestors' enslavement. We鈥檒l hear from Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television. Mae Jamison, the first woman of colour in space, gives us her thoughts on how today鈥檚 protesters differ from those in the 1960s when she was a young girl in Chicago. Plus, the Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that a lot of us work, so we鈥檒l be asking whether office buildings ever be the same again. Presented by Lucy Burton.

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