“The remarks from Farage came shortly after protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of Edward Colston and threw it in the harbor. Colston made a fortune shipping more than 100,000 African slaves across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and other countries during the 17th century”.
“I’m so glad my grandpappy got aboard that boat”.
—Mohammed Ali
“The remarks from Farage came shortly after protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of Edward Colston and threw it in the harbor. Colston made a fortune shipping more than 100,000 African slaves across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and other countries during the 17th century.”
You can’t learn from history if you deny it or erase it.
Of course, we have to admit, we'd have all been better off if he had not done that. The Africans, us, everyone.