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Britain is better off without Bristol's monument to Colston
Articulated here: The Guardian view on the ‘Colston Four’: taking racism down | Editorial | The…
Fuck yes.
Not in a public celebratory view, anyway. It's still in a museum to reckon with the past.
Because
- Colston was a slave trader, one of Britain's wealthiest
- [[Figures such as Colston are not simply remote characters from history]]
- [[Britain's history contains astonishing levels of greed and cruelty]]
- [[Acknowledging historic injustices is part of building a more equal society today]]
- [[The built environment reinforces cultural messages]]
But
- Tackling racism requires a lot more than removing statues
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Type : [[claim]]
Agreement level : [[Without a doubt]]
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