Edward Colston Statue Replaced By Protest Figure

[MJ01]

11 hours ago, casualbystander said:

looks like the vandals have been out in bristol this morning lets hope this is ripped down smartly.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/edward-colston-statue-replaced-by-sculpture-of-black-lives-matter-protester

What's upset you flower? The gender, the ethnicity or both

[whiteowl]

Bristol council have removed the statue.

 

"Mayor Marvin Rees said it was up to the people of Bristol to decide what would replace Colston's statue."

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53427014

[melthebell]

Why does anything have to replace it?

[alchresearch]

1 hour ago, whiteowl said:

Bristol council have removed the statue.

 

"Mayor Marvin Rees said it was up to the people of Bristol to decide what would replace Colston's statue."

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53427014

I hope they all vote for a statue of Jan Reid!

[hobinfoot]

This statue was quite rightly taken down. The statue shows the woman making a Black Power salute which I personally find has offensive has someone making Nazi salutes promoting white Power.

[Lex Luthor]

37 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

I hope they all vote for a statue of Jan Reid!

Yes, me too.  I thought the statue was brilliant.  She's also from a Windrush family too, which makes it even more appropriate, in my opinion.

 

How can Bristol council let a slave trader stand there, an insult to the black community, for decades, yet remove a beautiful installation of a black activist within 24 hours?

[casualbystander]

42 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

I hope they all vote for a statue of Jan Reid!

or Jen even??

 

[Lex Luthor]

8 minutes ago, hobinfoot said:

This statue was quite rightly taken down. The statue shows the woman making a Black Power salute which I personally find has offensive has someone making Nazi salutes promoting white Power.

Wow.  I don't think you can compare Jen to a Nazi, really!

 

I didn't see a statue of an advocate of Black Power, just a statue of an activist celebrating a much-needed and overdue positive change brought about by people, black and white, coming together.  The raised fist is a symbol of solidarity and activism, used by people of all ethnicities around the world.

Edited July 16, 2020 by Lex Luthor

[casualbystander]

5 minutes ago, Lex Luthor said:

Yes, me too.  I thought the statue was brilliant.  She's also from a Windrush family too, which makes it even more appropriate, in my opinion.

 

How can Bristol council let a slave trader stand there, an insult to the black community, for decades, yet remove a beautiful installation of a black activist within 24 hours?

if you want to make such a fuss about slavery how about the romans??? or Italians as we now know them. the Romans were the biggest slave traders ever? dont see many protests around Roman architecture or Roman statues. what about la scala?? or pizza express?

[Pettytom]

9 minutes ago, hobinfoot said:

This statue was quite rightly taken down. The statue shows the woman making a Black Power salute which I personally find has offensive has someone making Nazi salutes promoting white Power.

I think you are holding a minority view there.

 

Maybe you could work on an “easily offended by things that aren’t remotely offensive” salute. Maybe, fingers in ears or something like that.