Speaking to the Observer Phillips said: “I am not against things being changed. Phillips believes it is distraction from the real work of tackling less fashionable problems, such as the lack of opportunity and economic equality facing many Britons. Dowden, he says, wants to encourage institutions to “retain and explain”, instead of junking whole layers of tainted national heritage. Photograph: Laurel Chor/Getty ImagesAn independent report commissioned by the college called for the statue to be removed. Somehow these rows make it all about white people and their guilt.”Such guilty paroxysms, argue others, are an inevitable part of change.

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2021 09:22 UTC