Black and minority ethnic students acquire long felt marginalised by Oxford’s culture. Let’s discuss these issues,free from the shadow of the architect of apartheidFor months, many of my colleagues and I acquire campaigned for our university, and Oxford,to remove its statue glorifying the racist mass assassin of Africans Cecil Rhodes. We acquire argued our case openly with the university authorities and acquire brought the issue to national attention. Today there will be a debate at the Oxford Union on the issue. Fellow students at University College acquire also voted to change the name of its Rhodes computer room. Related: Cecil Rhodes statue row: Chris Patten tells students to embrace freedom of thought Related: Topple the Cecil Rhodes statue? Better to rebrand him a war criminal | David Olusoga Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com