Should problematic statues be pulled down?
It’s a debate that’s happening across the world right now: Should we pull down statues of people whose actions now appear hurtful and deeply offensive in today’s context? Since the Global Black Lives Matter Protests a statue of Christopher Columbus in the US was decapitated, a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was thrown into a river in the UK, and in Belgium a statue of brutal coloniser King Leopold was removed. In this episode we take the debate to Australia asking: Should we take down statues of people that inflicted hurt, pain or death to Indigenous Australians? In todays headlines: Police body worn camera captures Rayshard Brooks’ final moments Statues still the focus of BLM protesters Victorian premier to respond to ALP corruption claims Back to the pub… More Covid restrictions ease In todays episode we ask: Is tearing down statues rewriting or erasing a part of history? Is tearing a statue down an easy answer to a difficult question? Should we pull down racist statues? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
