{"id":57923,"date":"2020-06-12T17:17:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=57923"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:43:14","slug":"as-statues-fall-a-new-history-is-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=57923","title":{"rendered":"As statues fall, a new history is remembered."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>History is not being erased by those seeking to <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/jun\/10\/columbus-king-leopold-ii-statues-could-be-next-to-fall-black-lives-matter-protests\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">topple the statues of slavers<\/a> and murderous white supremacists; it is being remembered. That is the real sin as far as the protesters\u2019 detractors are concerned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>What protesters are doing on both sides of the Atlantic is compelling entire nations to confront their present through a new understanding of their past. Our new history teachers are explaining that the vast wealth of western societies \u2013 unjustly concentrated in so few hands as it is \u2013 was generated through slavery, colonial violence and theft. This oppression required the dehumanisation of the populations who suffered the consequences \u2013 its legacy is the embedding of racism in institutions and entire societies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>As more statues fall, a new history is remembered \u2013 each one casting a disturbing new light on the present. Understanding this threatens our iniquitous status quo \u2013 that is what detractors truly fear, not the toppling of bygone racist tyrants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>excerpted from Owen Jones&#8217; <a title=\"The Guardian: Toppling statues of bygone tyrants\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/jun\/11\/toppling-statues-bygone-tyrants-forces-british-people-face-present-day-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opinion<\/a> <\/em>(The Guardian,<em> 11 june 2020)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;\">See also:<\/span><\/strong> <a title=\"Konf\u00f6derierte Denkm\u00e4ler zu Fall gebracht.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=57843\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><code>01<\/code><\/a> <a title=\"Leo f\u00e4llt, Wastl h\u00e4lt.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=57909\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><code>02<\/code><\/a> <a title=\"Society is a Contract.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=57736\"><code>03<\/code><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;\">||<\/span> <a title=\"Die Statuen m\u00fcssen weg.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=57958\"><span style=\"color: #ff8c00\"><code>01<\/code><\/span><\/a> <a title=\"Statuen st\u00fcrzen bedeutet nicht Vergessen.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=58060\"><span style=\"color: #ff8c00\"><code>02<\/code><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=100795\" title=\"Das Siegesdenkmal entzaubern.\"><span style=\"color: #ff8c00\"><code>03<\/code><\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History is not being erased by those seeking to topple the statues of slavers and murderous white supremacists; it is being remembered. That is the real sin as far as the protesters\u2019 detractors are concerned. 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