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Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire

Sep 03, 2016 21:02

Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire

The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case that has transformed our view of Britain’s past

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invisiblegirlx September 4 2016, 04:21:54 UTC

The greatest atrocity in history was the collective acts of the British empire.

tiddlywinks103 September 4 2016, 07:53:23 UTC

I love the mansplain-y peak-White dismissiveness of systemic, shady UK coverups these historians have. They wail about her research and interviews, as if what she says is Just. Not. Possible. then, when evidence shows ups, they want to act all equanimious and be all like "So? it happened? I still don't think it was on purpose". Goal posting moving at its shitty finest and so fucking White Imperialist in their thinking, I don't know how historians try to act like they are just objective, logical researchers when they pull this shit.

maynardsong September 4 2016, 13:36:02 UTC

I'm shocked that the British Empire committed atrocities, just shocked, I tell you. /South Asian

dreadedcandiru2 September 4 2016, 13:56:31 UTC

This should put a bit of a spin on BoJo's snippy comments about Obama hating the Empire because of his background. Said spin would be "He's got gooood reason to hate Sahib English, wanker!"

tilmon September 4 2016, 21:25:58 UTC

Elkins is an "unlikely" person to be caught in this storm of criticism because of her lower middle class background? Marx would have said she's exactly the sort of person who upsets the apple cart. If she'd been Kenyan, she'd have been ignored. If she was more privileged than she was, she likely wouldn't have pursued the topic.