We should ask ourselves what #Decolonization means to Muslims, Jews, Roma, Afro/ Asian Europeans, People of Colour, LGBTIQ community, CSO's, EU institutions, policy makers of #Europe.
We must decolonise our structures that drive discrimination to built an inclusive Europe.
#Decolonization is essential to address structural racism in EU Member States.
Toppling statues of criminals & racist colonialists is essential to make Europe future proof just as education on the real colonial history of Europe. #BlackLivesMattters
From #Roosevelt to #Churchill to #LeopoldII: they are visible monuments to the greatest crime in history: #Colonialism.
Therefore, we must prioritise #decolonization to topple the invisible monuments that make our society so structurally racist. #Europe
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#DecoloniseNow: The people who want the monuments taken down understand that symbols matter.
Some of these statues — like those dedicated to the #Confederacy — were quite literally created to reinforce white dominance over the lives of non-white people: momentum.medium.com/racist-monumen…
What role does #decolonisation play in the context of dismanteling the foundations of structural #racism in the #EU?
What is the true scale of the #colonial make up of our political, social, economic & structures in #Europe?
Watch now: #ReparationsNow
#DecoloniseNow : The properties with links to successful slave-ownership compensation claims include Hare Hill, a country estate in Cheshire built by William Hibbert, who with his son were the beneficiaries of 13 separate claims for 2,654 enslaved people: theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/s…
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