Britain is better off without Bristol's monument to Colston
*planted: 08/01/2022last tended: 13/01/2022
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.
1. 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
2. But
- Tackling racism requires a lot more than removing statues
3. Epistemic status
- Type
- claim
- Agreement level
- Without a doubt
4. Elsewhere
4.1. In my garden
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