all the people they were ruling over were brown. and there were all these weird ideas to do with racial science that were emerging, and it turned into a proudly white supremacist exercise. but that was pretty much in the 19th century. it wasn t for the whole history. right. but, you know, there are a lot of people watching this around britain who will be finding that language hard to stomach. yeah, i think there s an amnesia about that. i think because we beat the evil, racist germans in world war ii and we abolished slavery, there s an idea that we are beyond racism in this country. but i think we have institutional racism in this country because our society was built on the racist institution of british empire. and again, words matter. you use the word genocide to talk about certain times, certain incidents in the british empire story. you re very sure? you really think it meets that standard of genocide? absolutely. the tasmanian genocide every historian i consulted called it th
but that was pretty much in the 19th century. it wasn t for the whole history. right. but, you know, there are a lot of people watching this around britain who will be finding that language hard to stomach. yeah, i think there s an amnesia about that. i think because we beat the evil, racist germans in world war ii and we abolished slavery, there s an idea that we are beyond racism in this country. but i think we have institutional racism in this country because our society was built on the racist institution of british empire. and again, words matter. you use the word genocide to talk about certain times, certain incidents in the british empire story. you re very sure? you really think it meets that standard of genocide? absolutely. the tasmanian genocide every historian i consulted called it that, and, actually, it was considered such a pure genocide it was used as an example when we were developing international laws about genocide. it was the example that people went to. and ye
but i think we have institutional racism in this country because our society was built on the racist institution of british empire. and again, words matter. you use the word genocide to talk about certain times, certain incidents in the british empire story. you re very sure? you really think it meets that standard of genocide? absolutely. the tasmanian genocide every historian i consulted called it that, and, actually, it was considered such a pure genocide it was used as an example when we were developing international laws about genocide. it was the example that people went to. and yet now you have, in mainstream newspapers, people denying it even happened, which i think is quite disgusting. so, yours is a commitment to truth telling, to confronting the facts, the real story of the british empire. but, of course, i don t need to tell you this i mean, in history, interpretation is always the thing. you know, facts can be interpreted in different ways,
i think because we beat the evil, racist germans in world war ii and we abolished slavery, there s an idea that we are beyond racism in this country. but i think we have institutional racism in this country because our society was built on the racist institution of british empire. and again, words matter. you use the word genocide to talk about certain times, certain incidents in the british empire story. you re very sure? you really think it meets that standard of genocide? absolutely. the tasmanian genocide every historian i consulted called it that, and, actually, it was considered such a pure genocide, it was used as an example when we were developing international laws about genocide. it was the example that people went to. and yet now you have, in mainstream newspapers, people denying it even happened, which i think is quite disgusting. so, yours is a commitment to truth telling, to confronting the facts, the real story of the british empire. but, of course, i don t need to t
ideas to do with racial science that were emerging, and it turned into a proudly white supremacist exercise. but that was pretty much in the 19th century. it wasn t for the whole history. right. but, you know, there are a lot of people watching this around britain who will be finding that language hard to stomach. yeah, i think there s an amnesia about that. i think because we beat the evil, racist germans in world war ii and we abolished slavery, there s an idea that we are beyond racism in this country. but i think we have institutional racism in this country because our society was built on the racist institution of british empire. and again, words matter. you use the word genocide to talk about certain times, certain incidents in the british empire story. you re very sure? you really think it meets that standard of genocide? absolutely. the tasmanian genocide every historian i consulted called it that, and, actually, it was considered such a pure genocide it was used as an exam