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New briefing paper calls for 'critical conversation' on statues in context of Black Lives Matter
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Our new briefing paper on statues, in association with The Runnymede Trust, challenges the government's claim that activists who want to remove statues are erasing history.
The government has reacted to this wave of activism by increasing the maximum penalty for intentional damage to a statue to 10 years.
Our research shows that, in fact, activism is encouraging a deeper engagement with history. We argue that instead of shutting these movements down, we could use them to start a conversation about the past that allows us to move to a more inclusive future.
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Whose Statues? Whose Stories?
Sadia Habib blogs on her experience of working with a group of young people and Manchester Museum to reflect on ways of dealing with contested statues and objects.
Read the blog for insights from the young contributors, and Sadia - a must read for all museum and cultural heritage staff.
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In the news
'Mural in soccer star's hometown becomes anti-racism symbol' - in this article on the racist abuse of footballers after the Euro 2020 final, Bridget Byrne comments that 'the work of achieving racial justice in the UK is far from over... Whilst racism has become less socially acceptable to express openly, it is still very much a strand in British culture.'
Lewis Hamilton: ‘Everything I’d suppressed came up – I had to speak out’ - Gary Younge interviews the racing legend about his plans to bring racial diversity to F1, on the track and off.
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