The question is: why have the British accepted statues of slave traders (and also killers for the Empire) for so long? Miseducation and ignorance, imperial pride, or indifference?
Personally, I am against statues. I didn't like Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, for example, having one after his death.
Hopefully, what is happening will provoke a dew British people to read the history of the British empire so they know theirs before poiting to Arab or Chinese histories and know that violence and plunder played a significant role in making "Great" Britain what it is today.
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Personally, I am against statues. I didn't like Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, for example, having one after his death.
Hopefully, what is happening will provoke a dew British people to read the history of the British empire so they know theirs before poiting to Arab or Chinese histories and know that violence and plunder played a significant role in making "Great" Britain what it is today.
Related
- The Blood Never Dried by John Newsinger
- Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor