TIME Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (TIME MagazineInstagram)「Esther Phillips is Barbados' first poet laureate. For years, she dismissed reparations as radical—but now she's an unwavering supporter. When we reach the dirt road leading to Drax Hall plantation, writes Janell Ross in TIME's most recent cover story, Phillips suggests we stop the car. She gets out and draws in a deep breath. Drax Hall, a Barbados sugar plantation, was the site of untold horrors. It now belongs to Richard Drax, a Conservative member of the British Parliament. In July 2021, Phillips published an open letter in Barbados Today under the headline pay up, mr. drax. Phillips had read an article in which Richard Drax said slavery was regrettable but he didn't see himself as culpable. "This man has profited and still profits by the largesse, the wealth, all that was poured out for him through the sacrifice of my ancestors. And the only thing he can find to say is it is 'regrettable'?" Phillips says. "I personally want nothing from Richard Drax. But if I were Richard Drax, I would be so glad to get rid of that [Drax Hall]. I would say let me give it up to show that I have some kind of feeling for the horrors, for the people who were brutalized." Read more on Barbados' fight for reparations at the link in our bio. Photograph by Christopher Gregory-Rivera (@cgregoryphoto) for TIME」7月7日 3時03分