Britain is better off without Bristol’s monument to Colston

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.

[[Colston]]. [[Slavery]].

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]]

But

• Tackling racism requires a lot more than removing statues

Epistemic status

Type : [[claim]]

Agreement level : [[Without a doubt]]