I’m sure this thread will be highly reasonable with well thought out balanced view points accounting for various factors and historical context
I swear I see this headline every few months? How much more navel gazing is needed? How many lives have been improved for it so far?
We all agree slavery is and was awful. But is there a point at which BLM etc. bother to do anything about slavery in the 21st century? Or will we just wait 2-300 years and haul the current perpetrator’s ancestors over the coals?
Looks like this bot didn’t quite grab the whole headline.
“Looking at the history of slavery will promote an inclusive environment”
I wonder if the committee member will accept any findings which say Trinity didn’t have any large involvement with slavery. Some how I doubt any such findings will be acceptable.
Why would finding some of Trinity endowment came from slavery promote an inclusive environment today. It’s not like Trinity is currently invested in such endeavors or does not disavow any discrimination.
The conclusion is probably already been decided just need to go through the motions.
Waiting for this sub to tell me how this isn’t real and was made up by the evil right-wing media
If we are going to do this we really ought to take a more holistic approach.
The industrial revolution was little better than slavery, when you take account of the dangerous working conditions and child labour. The rich got richer while workers lived in poverty.
Or WWI where millions of lower class young men were pointlessly slaughtered, while many big companies, still household names, profited.
Slavery is one of several atrocities where certain people and companies (often the same ones) got rich off the backs of other groups, and those other groups may well still be feeling the impact today.
We shouldn’t be telling some poor people that they have to pay more tax or put up with reduced services or opportunities to help out some other poor people who are viewed as more deserving.
Taxing wealth and using it to improve the life chances of poorer people would improve things for everybody who is poor.
>Examining and acknowledging the college’s legacies of slavery is crucial in cultivating a culture of accountability and inclusivity.
>Only by facing our past can we pave the way towards a more equitable future, where all members of our community can thrive free from the shadows of oppression and discrimination.
Meaningless drivel. Thank you mr “ethnic and inclusion officer”, your job is really valuable
As a graduate of Trinity, I am proud to hear that the College is facing up to this issue. Recently they also also arranged to return artefacts taken from Australian Aborigines.
I now live in Australia and I have to tell my fellow Britons that they are going to have to get used to hearing a lot more stories about what the British Empire meant to its unwilling, indigenous subjects.
Difficult as it will be, it is necessary if Britain wants to maintain a flourishing Commonwealth. The days are gone when supplicant local ruling élites will be brushing these stories under the carpet, while enjoying cosy small talk during State Banquets.
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I’m sure this thread will be highly reasonable with well thought out balanced view points accounting for various factors and historical context
I swear I see this headline every few months? How much more navel gazing is needed? How many lives have been improved for it so far?
We all agree slavery is and was awful. But is there a point at which BLM etc. bother to do anything about slavery in the 21st century? Or will we just wait 2-300 years and haul the current perpetrator’s ancestors over the coals?
[There are 3x as many people in slavery today as there were bought and sold during the 15-1800s.](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/25/modern-slavery-trafficking-persons-one-in-200)
Looks like this bot didn’t quite grab the whole headline.
“Looking at the history of slavery will promote an inclusive environment”
I wonder if the committee member will accept any findings which say Trinity didn’t have any large involvement with slavery. Some how I doubt any such findings will be acceptable.
Why would finding some of Trinity endowment came from slavery promote an inclusive environment today. It’s not like Trinity is currently invested in such endeavors or does not disavow any discrimination.
The conclusion is probably already been decided just need to go through the motions.
Waiting for this sub to tell me how this isn’t real and was made up by the evil right-wing media
If we are going to do this we really ought to take a more holistic approach.
The industrial revolution was little better than slavery, when you take account of the dangerous working conditions and child labour. The rich got richer while workers lived in poverty.
Or WWI where millions of lower class young men were pointlessly slaughtered, while many big companies, still household names, profited.
Slavery is one of several atrocities where certain people and companies (often the same ones) got rich off the backs of other groups, and those other groups may well still be feeling the impact today.
We shouldn’t be telling some poor people that they have to pay more tax or put up with reduced services or opportunities to help out some other poor people who are viewed as more deserving.
Taxing wealth and using it to improve the life chances of poorer people would improve things for everybody who is poor.
>Examining and acknowledging the college’s legacies of slavery is crucial in cultivating a culture of accountability and inclusivity.
>Only by facing our past can we pave the way towards a more equitable future, where all members of our community can thrive free from the shadows of oppression and discrimination.
Meaningless drivel. Thank you mr “ethnic and inclusion officer”, your job is really valuable
As a graduate of Trinity, I am proud to hear that the College is facing up to this issue. Recently they also also arranged to return artefacts taken from Australian Aborigines.
I now live in Australia and I have to tell my fellow Britons that they are going to have to get used to hearing a lot more stories about what the British Empire meant to its unwilling, indigenous subjects.
Difficult as it will be, it is necessary if Britain wants to maintain a flourishing Commonwealth. The days are gone when supplicant local ruling élites will be brushing these stories under the carpet, while enjoying cosy small talk during State Banquets.