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    Plaque added near controversial Cecil Rhodes statue polarises critics and academics

    Oxford professor and curator Dan Hicks calls the sign an “embarrassment”

    Oct 12, 2021

    A plaque installed next to the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford describing the Victorian imperialist as “a committed colonialist” has divided academics, fuelling further the debate over contested heritage in the UK.

    The plaque, erected by the college, says that Rhodes “obtained his fortune through exploitation of minerals, land, and peoples of Southern Africa. Some of his activities led to great loss of life and attracted criticism in his day and ever since. In recent years, the statue has become a focus for public debate on criticism and the legacy of colonialism.”

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021...-and-academics
    POUR UNE HISTOIRE DÉBARRASSÉE DES NOMBREUX MENSONGES
    Vincent Reynouard: Je suis ingénieur chimiste et historien révisionniste français. J’expose de la façon la plus pédagogique possible les arguments révisionnistes. Je propose, j’expose, je n’impose rien. Chacun doit (ou devrait) être libre de se faire une opinion sur le sujet. .


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    Plaque added near controversial Cecil Rhodes statue polarises critics and academics

    Oxford professor and curator Dan Hicks calls the sign an “embarrassment”

    Oct 12, 2021

    A plaque installed next to the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford describing the Victorian imperialist as “a committed colonialist” has divided academics, fuelling further the debate over contested heritage in the UK.

    The plaque, erected by the college, says that Rhodes “obtained his fortune through exploitation of minerals, land, and peoples of Southern Africa. Some of his activities led to great loss of life and attracted criticism in his day and ever since. In recent years, the statue has become a focus for public debate on criticism and the legacy of colonialism.”

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021...-and-academics
    If anything, the legacy of colonialism has been an ever-loosening of forcefulness over the governed. Isn't that the way its gone? Pretty nice, I think.

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