It wasn’t this recent incident that lead to me looking this up recently, it was a knowledge gained from a documentary series that I watched a couple of years ago called Africa’s Great Civilisations by Henry Louis Gates Jr.And all this because we threw a statue in the River Avon. That one act has been the single, biggest teaching moment on the history of slavery and our role in it.
It has also launched the most intensive internet search ever for ‘incidents of slavery where the British cannot be blamed’.
Can’t wait until we get a detailed history of the Aztecs.
And all this because we threw a statue in the River Avon. That one act has been the single, biggest teaching moment on the history of slavery and our role in it.
It has also launched the most intensive internet search ever for ‘incidents of slavery where the British cannot be blamed’.
Can’t wait until we get a detailed history of the Aztecs.
well to be fair, I think everyone hates commimunism.
Their country was founded off the back of a revolution.
Back on topic NYPD police union tweeted this last night.
People wonder why they are getting caught up in Seattles isues and hinting at civil war/revolution.
They also threatening to sue any protester they arrest
Back on topic NYPD police union tweeted this last night.
People wonder why they are getting caught up in Seattles isues and hinting at civil war/revolution.
They also threatening to sue any protester they arrest
Shapiro is one of the biggest right wing fruitcakes out there. But its ok for him is it.
Like I said you are a hypocrite if you defend Shapiro
Only people who don't understand it despise it.
What the fuck has the US Civil War got to do with it?A revolution of anarchists armed with assault rifles?
The US Civil War was a struggle of government versus the confederate states.
This is a coup, not a revolution.
Not in 1917 they didn't it was quite popular
What the fuck has the US Civil War got to do with it?
I meant the American Revolution aka: the American War of Independence, which gave rise to the foundation of the United States of America, as my post expressly stated.I assumed by revolution you meant the civil war given this thread.
There is a long list of Confederate statues that are to be removed, including Robert E Lee.
Surprisingly though Bedford Forrest is not amongst them. Bedford was a ****, the statue was designed by a white supremacist and not erected until 1998.
Some of the others are on the list like Jefferson, I am surprised by Lee though.
Poor Jefferson.Some of the others are on the list like Jefferson, I am surprised by Lee though.
I think it’s wrong to characterise our role in slavery as being an entirely malign one, as your post appears to be suggesting. In relative terms, during the 19th century, our deeds and actions were broadly positive and proactive.
Women called in LBC to Nick Ferrari going mad at him for not understanding her as a African Caribbean women - Ferrari explained the talking point is about the removal of the statue of Robert Baden-Powell and do you think it should be removed, her reply 'stop talking over me! yes, it should come down!' ... Ferrari 'and what did he do that makes you want his statue removed ? ' ... ''well i haven't read his history'
Should the Abraham Lincoln statue in Town also be taken down?
Seen as important in the end of slavery in the US, but his treatment of the Native Americans was abhorrent.
He ordered massacres on Native Americans and organised the removal of Native Americans from their lands onto reservations.