We build them up, then they turn against us.

Sir Lenny Henry CBE is a black British comedian; he was very popular from the late 1970's onwards, having made his first stage appearances on The Black and White Minstrel Show. He was loud, over confident, and at times very funny. Most people liked him.

Sadly he has recently become embroiled in a rather unnecessary type of racism. He thinks that all white people should pay recompense to all British and Caribbean black people, to the extent of £18 TRILLON. He claims that we are ALL responsible for slavery.

I recently saw him referred to as a 'comedian and racism advocate'; a slip of the pen that was just about right.

He has, OF COURSE, forgotten about the black Barbary Pirates who enslaved over A MILLION white English and Irish people between the late 1600's and the 1800's. But I suppose for Henry, 'White Lives probably DON'T Matter'.

I find it very sad when well known personalities unwittingly spread racism in this way. Personally I feel no responsibility whatsoever for past slavery. I abhor the idea of slavery totally, but I cannot be held responsible for black men capturing fellow black men in Africa, then selling them to white slave traders; to sell-on in the Americas. All that has nothing to do with me at all. 

However, he might like to know that in the 21st Century slavery still exists. In the African and Indian continents, there are TENS of MILLIONS of slaves to this day. It might be better if Sir Lenny concentrated on that, rather than blaming me, and my fellow white Brits, for something that happened centuries ago.

Sadly, not so long ago he was a well-loved comedian; now he's seen as a racist fool.

N.B. Our current government has run up a 'Black Hole' of about £60 Billion which is causing huge economic problems for the country. How on earth Sir Lenny thinks they could suddenly find another £18 TRILLION is simply a puerile joke. Maybe he's just not good at 'sums'.