Dead poet cancelled for ancestor 300 years ago. The supposed ancestor died childless.
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[–]Trajan 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
The library made a commitment this year to “become an actively anti-racist organisation” by taking “all the necessary steps”.
Given that this has been the status quo for practically all businesses and institutions for decades, this seems a bit suspicious. Kind of like a guy who feels the need to proudly proclaim his commitment to not rape women.
[–]jet199[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Anti-racism isn't the same as not being racist.
It's being very, very racist and also bat shit crazy.
They also said the building was colonialist because it looks a bit like a ship. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-the-british-library-really-a-great-symbol-of-british-imperialism- And white people invented racism. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8678577/British-Librarys-chief-librarian-says-racism-creation-white-people.html
See https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-antiracism/
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Archive.is no longer lets you go there with the Brave browser. That's disappointing.
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