Black Lives Matter: the renaming of pubs
A pub name may not seem exactly the most serious issue facing the Black Lives Matter movement and changing the name of a pub may look like tokenism.
That said pub names tend to define certain local areas and can pass as commonplaces into local culture.
So its understandable that the Edward Colston in Kingsdown Bristol is planning a name change and consulting the local community on what it should be:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53240033
At least one other pub a Wetherspoons in Wrexham is looking at a name change- the Elihu Yale. He founded the University of the same but his wealth came from the slave trade.
A good deal more is needed when it comes to beer and brewing that changing the name of pubs but it’s a sign that there is at least a recognition that change needs to come.
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