It’s two years since the Colston statue was toppled in Bristol. There has been little media coverage. Stand Up to Racism had social media. Bristol Live had a thoughtful comment piece.
The Colston Four case goes to appeal this month. They will remain not guilty, its a Priti Patel vanity project. The argument is that Colston was a very specific Bristol issue that became a global culture war.
Indeed it did at the hands of Johnson and co and remains so. The latest episode is the Thatcher statue in Grantham. The statute of slaver Geffrye still stands at the Museum of the Home in Hackney
The need to keep fighting racism and the symbols of it statues represent remains 2 years on
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