Chester's Legacies of Empire

Dr Hannah Ewence, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester, brings to light the dark past of a historical figure whose statue stands in Chester.

[@cestriankiwi]

To judge the actions of the past by the morality of the present is the very acme of stupidity.

[@spencerhastings630]

I don't really think it is for you to decide whether the past morality of people in power is forgivable or not. It is important to understand their point of view, I agree. However, the judgement of peoples previous decisions and discussing their importance to a future generation that still has to witness its celebration is incredibly useful, especially to the BLM movement. Discussing the decisions and politics of previous important people is vitally important when they are still commemorated in the middle of big cities (like Chester), irregardless of their power in their own time period. Overall, it is ignorant of you to decide that their moral decisions should not make an impact on today's society when they are plastered and celebrated all across the country.

[@tomskih203]

We need a video about the Great fire of Chester.

[@pauldean8638]

We a bio diverse country , we all grew up and schooled with people of different skin colours and religions . Blm is a US invasion of the woke . If he is born into ownership and stops slaving himself then how is that bad as he stops a line of owners . Chester has been one of the most bio diverse cities in Europe for millennium .

[@stephenwhitaker8068]

Biodiversity is not the same thing as multi-racial. British black people have been campaigning for their lives to matter since the race riots of the 1950s and the race-hate of Enoch Powell.

[@pauldean8638]

@@stephenwhitaker8068 I use biodiverse instead of multi racial as there’s not many races, we all one race but ethnic or religious backgrounds. I have likes of British Muslim friends and I wouldn’t call them a different race because he prays 5 times a day . I grew up through race riots so I seen racism at its worse . A lot of great athletes in the 80’s changed hearts and minds of us , likes of frank bruno . He’s a national hero who changed a lot peoples minds about race divisions

[@stephenwhitaker8068]

@paul dean Biodiversity is about biology and there are many races in this world. Ethnic culture and religious backgrounds are not related to biological differences. You started by saying that we had no problems before BLM was imported from the US by the Woke, then you tell me about the problems that you can remember. Make your mind up.