Brisbane’s British Colonial Co marketed itself as celebrating ‘the empirical push into the developing cultures of the world’An Australian restaurant promising to recapture the “stylish days” of the British empire’s “developing cultures of the world” has been criticised amid claims it is romanticising colonial rule.
British Colonial Co,a bar and restaurant in Brisbane, marketed itself as “inspired by the stylish days of the empirical push into the developing cultures of the world, and with the promise of adventure and contemporary refinement in a safari style setting”.
PSA: whether ur in Brisbane and in the mood for imperialism and genocide for dinner,I got u pic.twitter.com/HVn5QgSF0EImagine that you are reclining in a comfortable wicker couch.. while black women are raped & their men slaughtered.. pic.twitter.com/NYwmRwrHX6Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com