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Soph0571

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7. Well yes indeed.

Reply to Maxheader (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 05:51 AM

Jun 2020

The consequences of Empire for indigenous people the world over still reverberate until today - of course unless you are a privileged Brit who right now are desperately trying the avoid the legacy of this even as are young descendants from Caribbean plantations take to the streets in London.

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What a very very powerful protest sign... [View all] Soph0571 Jun 2020 OP

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2020 #1

KnR Hekate Jun 2020 #2

We finally get 2020 vision. 5X Jun 2020 #3

Yeppers Soph0571 Jun 2020 #4

Hope you don't mind I borrowed the pic. 5X Jun 2020 #5

Oppression? Maxheader Jun 2020 #6

Well yes indeed. Soph0571 Jun 2020 #7

Thanks for the reply, I checked your bio.. Maxheader Jun 2020 #9

rambling is always allowed!!! Soph0571 Jun 2020 #12

"Europeans unwilling to endure the hardships involved" KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #8

It is the same over and over Soph0571 Jun 2020 #13

I've heard it referred to as America's Original Sin. calimary Jun 2020 #10

The first original sin Soph0571 Jun 2020 #14

And you drive them out of their homelands, and cut down the trees, and change the ecosystem. calimary Jun 2020 #16

K&R brer cat Jun 2020 #11

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #15