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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Is it possible that had we not evolved as a society through the slavery days to present day enlightenment that the people tearing down or defacing statues would not be here and they would now be living in Africa? Would Africa be doing better than it is now?
Another thing, the BBC and prolly the other main stations, spent a considerable amount of time broadcasting the George Floyd funeral live. This is pure woke bias for which there is little or no merit.
As to statues of slavers, some of whom were philanthropes towards their community, a suitably worded plaque could be added that is correctly in tune with sentiment.
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The George Floyd funeral seems to have been judged by broadcasters an event of international significance and more newsworthy. Given the impact his death has made on the UK, that appears a good call to me. We live in an era of multi-channel and on-demand TV, so plenty of options for all.
Some slave-traders and plantation-owners did donate some of their ill-gotten gains to charity but this does not wipe their slates clean. In the case of Edward Colston, Hugh posted a link about the attempts to add a contextualised placque but these seemed to have been blocked by vested interests.