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Sunday, January 09, 2022

MEEF : inclusion and diversity

 I have started marking your homework assignments. This will take some time: I will post detailed collective feedback on this blog in a week or two.

Meanwhile the story of that Bristol statue : breaking news. Four of the demonstrators were take to court for criminal damage. They chose to have a trial by jury, even though this meant that the risk of a serious prison sentence was real. They argued in court that the statue was a symbol of racism and that it was a duty, not a crime, to take it down.

The jury agreed with them. This is very much a historic event. Here is The Guardian s opinion


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/07/the-guardian-view-on-the-colston-four-taking-racism-down 



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