nearly 200 Rhodes scholars sign statement saying grant does not buy their silence after fellow student faces backlash over protest campaignNearly 200 international students at Oxford University have signed a statement saying that the prestigious Rhodes scholarship they share “does not buy [their] silence” over the legacy of Cecil Rhodes,the British imperialist who endowed the fund. Redress Rhodes, a group of Rhodes scholars who call for critical engagement with his controversial legacy within the community, and wrote the statement after their fellow student,Ntokozo Qwabe, was accused of hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.) when he joined a campaign to remove a statue of Rhodes from the university’s Oriel College. final month, and the Rhodes Must descend activist group persuaded Oriel to remove a plaque dedicated to a man they consider to be the founding father of apartheid.
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Source: theguardian.com