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1. Per Axbom (axbom@axbom.me)'s status on Saturday, 06-May-2023 19:26:57 JST Per Axbom

   • The Continent
   ”By donning a second-hand hat, a 74-year-old man is about to become monarch of a small island kingdom”
   
   As expected, the best reporting on today’s coronation comes from @thecontinent
   
   While many mentioned atrocities are well-known, this part of erased African history is rarely talked about:
   
   ”While England has records of who lived in what village in 1068, its empire was quick to destroy the histories of those it colonised. These could then be overwritten with Protestant orthodoxy and white exceptionalism, banning things like queer love, once part of Africas cultural fabric.”
   
   https://www.thecontinent.org/
   
   #Coronation
   • Metafrastis (dgavin@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 17:55:54 JST Metafrastis

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     • Aral Balkan
     • The Continent

     @axbom @thecontinent @aral I was always a big fan of not blaming people for what their ancestors did. I‘m not blaming Germans for WWII, I‘m rather blaming Putin for trying to start WWIII.
     I‘m not blaming Charles for colonialism, there surely are things he can be blamed for that are his own responsibility, aren’t there?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 17:55:54 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Metafrastis
     • The Continent

     @dgavin @axbom @thecontinent Let’s put it this way: Charles is a billionaire today because his family were colonialists and slavers. Can we blame him for what his ancestors did? No. Can we blame him for accepting the wealth and privilege that he inherited because of what his ancestors did and for perpetuating the system that enabled them to do so without even an apology or any attempt at reparations to the people still disenfranchised by its legacy? Most definitely so; yes.