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My conversation with Rashmi Samant: A Thread
I Had an extremely insightful discussion with @Rashmidvs
And had no idea of some of the damaging and toxic prejudices that so many British students (and students of Indian descent) at Oxford harbour about their colonial past. contd
I Had an extremely insightful discussion with @Rashmidvs
And had no idea of some of the damaging and toxic prejudices that so many British students (and students of Indian descent) at Oxford harbour about their colonial past. contd
... one notion that really shook me was how these students, who were active advocates against racism, sexism and transphobia, actually thought that the colonials did not stand for any of these values! They felt offended when Rashmi criticised Rhodes for his deeply racist views
On native indians and South Africans. When Rashmi tried ro explain to them and educate them on all the death and ruin that colonialism had left behind and tried to draw an equivalence between Rhodes and Hitler (because there seemed really no other way to make them understand)...
