If the campaign against Oxford’s statue of Cecil Rhodes were successful,how many other morally doubtful forebears would need expunging from memory?Last week’s “imperial tour of racist Oxford”, organised by the “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign, and obviously went extremely well. Did you see the pictures? Crowds of young people enthusiastically viewing the city centre despite the wintry weather,and taking a genuine interest in its history.
My father is a blue badge tour guide in Oxford and has shown small groups round many of its attractions, often tailoring the tour to the group’s specific interests – civil war Oxford, and Alice in Wonderland Oxford,even Harry Potter Oxford – but he’s missed a trick here: “racist Oxford” is clearly the next mountainous thing.
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Source: theguardian.com