The statue of 19th century explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley could be removed from his Welsh hometown after the sculpture was targeted by Black Lives Matter protests.
The public will be asked for their views on whether to pull down the bronze statue of the colonial administrator from the town centre of Denbigh in Wales.
Sir Stanley was described as a controversial figure because of links to Belgian King Leopold II, who committed acts of appalling inhumanity against the then population of the Congo Free State.
He is most famous for his greeting to Scottish Missionary Dr David Livingstone, whom he successfully found, declaring Dr Livingstone, I presume .
«Их секли до крови, а мы слушали их вопли»
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The bombing of Hamburg foreshadowed the horrors of Hiroshima
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The report into the culture at Virginia Military Institute contains many horrific examples.
Some cadets casually and openly using a racial slur so offensive weâre reluctant to even abbreviate it.
Male cadets sexually assaulting and sometimes raping female cadets.
One male administrator who ârepeatedly walked into womenâs rooms when they had their shades down, which is a sign that they are in the process of changing clothes.â That administrator âappearsâ to have been âassigned a different position but not terminated.â
To be sure, these are not universal experiences but they are experiences nonetheless â to the extent that one Black male cadet told investigators âI would never walk alone at night in fear of being harmed or targeted.â If a male cadet felt that way, how must female cadets feel?