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It's funny how people talk about removing statues as erasing history.
It’s also ironic when there’s a lots of histories been erased that play a significant roles, especially in the World Wars.
Moreso in films and televisions (such as the Indian Army play a huge roles in the 1st World War, or the French Army launches a massacres in Algeria exactly on VE Day.).
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It's funny how people talk about removing statues as erasing history, when the Edward Colston has been raised and debates in mainstream media and public consciousness more in the last two days than in the previous three centuries.
As a history teacher who teaches two courses about colonialism I can confirm you can teach about people who do not have statues erected in their honour. And that there are probably more statues in London of complete unknowns who don't merit a mention than there are right-wing talking heads complaining about the end of history.