Current Affairs The Landmarks of Slavery;

[LinekersLegs]

 

[davek]

Searching for my slave roots

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[summerisle]

Searching for my slave roots

www.bbc.co.uk

Excellent read that, especially the spider's web of the finances of the slave trade continuing into the recent past.

 

[summerisle]

 

[mill]

‘She saw my life, my calling, more valuable than these symbols’

Well put.

 

[davek]

Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed in DNA study

The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[summerisle]

 

[Lee Smith]

I’m not from Liverpool but this seems a very good initiative. Not shying away from the City’s past, and instead educating people on it’s history. Well played LCC.

 

[Tubey]

I’m not from Liverpool but this seems a very good initiative. Not shying away from the City’s past, and instead educating people on it’s history. Well played LCC.

It's a good move if it also explains the positive aspects of their life where applicable - why they were considered notable enough for such recognition - instead of something stupid like "was a slave trader".

That way it's educational and not just dumb.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Not completely related obviously but the amount of homeless and impoverished residents of our city that are suffering everyday many who no doubt are BAME and instead of the council and government doing more to help them we are more absolved in arsing around with populist nonsense such as this.

How is this going to help anyone? If people need educating on the slave trade then read books, visit the slavery museum, educate yourselves.

You would think during a global pandemic thats killed over 800,000 and hundreds of thousands more out of work and livelihoods lost that the human race would have grown some sense of perspective and instead of focusing on the past actually try to help those in the present have a better standard of living.

 

[Lee Smith]

It's a good move if it also explains the positive aspects of their life where applicable - why they were considered notable enough for such recognition - instead of something stupid like "was a slave trader".

That way it's educational and not just dumb.

Well yeah, I’d hope so, and I’d have thought they will, as LCC would want to be able to show the reasoning for them having thoroughfares named after them.

 

[Tubey]

Not completely related obviously but the amount of homeless and impoverished residents of our city that are suffering everyday many who no doubt are BAME and instead of the council and government doing more to help them we are more absolved in arsing around with populist nonsense such as this.

How is this going to help anyone? If people need educating on the slave trade then read books, visit the slavery museum, educate yourselves.

You would think during a global pandemic thats killed over 800,000 and hundreds of thousands more out of work and livelihoods lost that the human race would have grown some sense of perspective and instead of focusing on the past actually try to help those in the present have a better standard of living.

The hope is that these plaques are comprehensive enough to do just that and not just be stupid propaganda.

You're right that it isn't exactly important, but I have no issue with adding more history to things like this. The problem I have is when they take history away.

 

[neil999]

Not completely related obviously but the amount of homeless and impoverished residents of our city that are suffering everyday many who no doubt are BAME and instead of the council and government doing more to help them we are more absolved in arsing around with populist nonsense such as this.

How is this going to help anyone? If people need educating on the slave trade then read books, visit the slavery museum, educate yourselves.

You would think during a global pandemic thats killed over 800,000 and hundreds of thousands more out of work and livelihoods lost that the human race would have grown some sense of perspective and instead of focusing on the past actually try to help those in the present have a better standard of living.

Well it prob costs about £20, seems like your looking to criticise anything to do with this movement

 

[Charro]

I had no idea of the links to the slave trade that a lot of our streets names had until a few months ago. Now I do and that’s a good thing.

 

[Charro]

Not completely related obviously but the amount of homeless and impoverished residents of our city that are suffering everyday many who no doubt are BAME and instead of the council and government doing more to help them we are more absolved in arsing around with populist nonsense such as this.

How is this going to help anyone? If people need educating on the slave trade then read books, visit the slavery museum, educate yourselves.

You would think during a global pandemic thats killed over 800,000 and hundreds of thousands more out of work and livelihoods lost that the human race would have grown some sense of perspective and instead of focusing on the past actually try to help those in the present have a better standard of living.

The council aren’t putting everything else on hold for these plaques you know.

It’ll cost a few hundred pound at most and it’ll educate anyone that reads them of the streets history.

What the council do to help the homeless is completely irrelevant to this.