Quebec town’s street-name change forces a confrontation with history

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Quebec town’s street-name change forces a confrontation with history

Villain to some, valiant to others, a British military officer is being erased from the map in a Quebec town because of his role in suppressing a French-Canadian rebellion 180 years ago.

The name of Sir John Colborne will be removed from a street and park in the town of Chambly near Montreal for his actions in quelling an uprising in the 19th century. The mayor of Chambly likened it to having a street named for Hitler in Israel, according to a local media report.

Colborne is regarded by historians as an able British commander, but he is mostly remembered in Quebec for quashing a revolt by the Patriotes. One conflict killed about 70 rebels, and his soldiers went on afterward to burn down homes in the countryside.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...-with-history/

[NSXD60]

White people behaving like 3rd worlders, tsk, tsk.

[TEUTORIGOS]

White people behaving like 3rd worlders, tsk, tsk.

JE NE SUIS PAS UN HOMME BLANC ! Je suis française !

There is no such thing as white people but Russian people, French people , British people etc... ' whiteness' is one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated on mankind and it's an American thing.

For instance , when the English were acting like the Nazis during the highland clearances of Scotland and ethnically cleansing the Scottish highlanders the highlanders were not thinking : "well gee ! At least I am white! ".

[NSXD60]

No such thing? Tell that to Muslim-invaded Europe.

[StonyArabia]

No such thing? Tell that to Muslim-invaded Europe.

You mean the Moors? They did not care about race, but yes they were of darker hue being mixture of Arabian Bedouins, Berbers, Egyptians, and Levantines. Turks were pretty light with similar color as Med and Balkan Europeans.

[zhaoyun]

JE NE SUIS PAS UN HOMME BLANC ! Je suis française !

There is no such thing as white people but Russian people, French people , British people etc... ' whiteness' is one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated on mankind and it's an American thing.

For instance , when the English were acting like the Nazis during the highland clearances of Scotland and ethnically cleansing the Scottish highlanders the highlanders were not thinking : "well gee ! At least I am white! .

I feel the same way about having to be labeled as "Asian" in this country.

[TEUTORIGOS]

No such thing? Tell that to Muslim-invaded Europe.

French people are not stupid. We know that they are the masters of the Arab world. That is how we are in Morocco. In Paris you just feel this even more :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kFgPOM9i0

[NSXD60]

Yeah, just try that in a Paris no-go-zone and you'll end up crapeau-prone.

[RenaRyuguu]

Give Quebec it's sovereignty