As the U.S. is torn apart between those who want to address the skeletons in our nation’s proverbial closet and those who want to keep them locked away, Britain is having a similar debate over its dark history of slavery and racial violence. A new book aims to set the record straight. Its author, Caroline Elkins, joins Mehdi to discuss, “Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire.”May 3, 2022
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