Why it's Good to Destroy Racist Legacies of the Past

Tarik
6 min readJun 17, 2020
Statue of Edward Colston a slave trader. Credits: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/protesters-transporting-the-statue-of-colston-towards-the-news-photo/1218218812?adppopup=true

In the past week, we have seen the removal of monuments which glorified white supremacy and the days of empire, slavery, and colonialism all across the globe so that in of itself is a good thing; but why the outcry against it?

The problem is within the Western world, particularly in the UK, the majority of people have not been taught of the long-lasting effects of empire…

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