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leftstreet

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5. I don't think it's personal

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 9, 2022, 12:30 PM

Sep 2022

If anything, many people and politicians from colonized areas have waited decades, in almost deference to a respected grandmother figurehead, to push for change and/or reparations.

Things will likely start to change now

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Roundtable: Amid Tributes to Queen Elizabeth, Deadly Legacy of British Colonialism Cannot Be Ignored [View all] cbabe Sep 2022 OP

I'd wait until after she's buried at least jimfields33 Sep 2022 #1

I don't really know the fine points of British Imperialism AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2022 #2

Oh my goodness jimfields33 Sep 2022 #3

it seems that her death is being used as an indictment for hundreds of years of imperialism AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2022 #4

Consider if your grandparents owned slaves, what do cbabe Sep 2022 #6

I don't think it's personal leftstreet Sep 2022 #5

Why? She's dead. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #7

de-colonization began years before Elizabeth took the throne DBoon Sep 2022 #8

The Monarchy was another cog in the Enoki33 Sep 2022 #9