Since the Queen died I've been enjoying all the jokes and memes but I've been sternly reminded this is wrong - we are supposed to be respectful and sad, apparently. So I figured we can all do some serious reflecting and learning. Here are some great threads:
TikTok about authoritarianism
tiktok.com/t/ZTR5PqkS8/
TikTok on the many stolen jewels owned by the British royal family, many of which we will be lucky to see on TV in the coming weeks
tiktok.com/t/ZTR5PPE6W/
Thread that gives additional context on geographic and political understanding of Indian subcontinent. Because the nation state is a fairly recent idea, it can be challenging for us today to look back and understand the world before colonialism
In 1947, the British divided subcontinent in two countries (literally overnight!) based on religion into what is today India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, displacing 10-20 million people and killing 200,000–2 million. To learn more, read about recent #partitionhorrorsremembranceday
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