The Welsh Viking | Erasing History: Do Statues Really Matter? @TheWelshViking | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Does pulling down a statue really erase history? Can we learn from the act itself as much as we can from the statue? This is my first really deep video essay. If you like this format and want more like it, let me know in the comments and I'll do more of them!
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Here’s some reading going back a few years on the subject. There are magazines, newspapers, journals, websites, movements, and primary evidence on this jumping off list. Enjoy!
toppletheracists.org
walesnewsonline.com/map-invites-people-to-add-monument-they-want-removed-in-wales
blog.soton.ac.uk/slaveryandrevolution/1807/02/21/horatio-nelson-to-simon-taylor-10-june-1805
newstatesman.com/society/2010/12/british-eugenics-disabled
westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/monuments_supplementary_planning_document.pdf
https://www.citymatters.london/100000-people-sign-petitions-replace-slave-trade-statues-signs-around-uk/
womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/which-statues-are-being-removed-uk-363690
camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/4823269/Artworks+statues+and+memorials+CPG.pdf/ae76c586-9d6e-5a10-f2e8-ccbdfcec8c92
historyextra.com/period/georgian/lord-nelson-slavery-abolition-william-wilberforce-dark-side
history.com/news/6-early-abolitionists
theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/university-cape-town-removes-statue-cecil-rhodes-celebration-afrikaner-protest
nytimes.com/2017/08/17/world/controversial-statues-monuments-destroyed.html
Does pulling down a statue really erase history? Can we learn from the act itself as much as we can from the statue? This is my first really deep video essay. If you like this format and want more like it, let me know in the comments and I'll do more of them!
Find me elsewhere:
Patreon: Patreon.com/jimmyjohnson
Ko-Fi: Ko-fi.com/thewelshviking
IG: @littlewelshviking
Here’s some reading going back a few years on the subject. There are magazines, newspapers, journals, websites, movements, and primary evidence on this jumping off list. Enjoy!
toppletheracists.org
walesnewsonline.com/map-invites-people-to-add-monument-they-want-removed-in-wales
blog.soton.ac.uk/slaveryandrevolution/1807/02/21/horatio-nelson-to-simon-taylor-10-june-1805
newstatesman.com/society/2010/12/british-eugenics-disabled
westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/monuments_supplementary_planning_document.pdf
https://www.citymatters.london/100000-people-sign-petitions-replace-slave-trade-statues-signs-around-uk/
womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/which-statues-are-being-removed-uk-363690
camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/4823269/Artworks+statues+and+memorials+CPG.pdf/ae76c586-9d6e-5a10-f2e8-ccbdfcec8c92
historyextra.com/period/georgian/lord-nelson-slavery-abolition-william-wilberforce-dark-side
history.com/news/6-early-abolitionists
theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/university-cape-town-removes-statue-cecil-rhodes-celebration-afrikaner-protest
nytimes.com/2017/08/17/world/controversial-statues-monuments-destroyed.html
