@Jaden2 Lots of white people in UK (where I live) and Europe look at the US and think racism is not a problem here, unlike there. 5 minutes later they will say or do something openly racist.
British people very much don't like being reminded of the part we played in 400 years of colonialism and slave trade.
Right wing politicians have even tried to p[ass laws to say that kids here can't be taught that certain of the names on big buildings made their wealth on slave ships and sugar plantations.
@grifferz @Jaden2@mstdn.social
This is where the Internet can play a huge part in filling in the gaps. Why do we need to rename a building, because for example, the person it is named after was associated with slavery, we should keep the building name, and get people to actually research the name and what that person did, good or bad surely.
If you rename a building, you can't erase what has happened anyway, so may as well learn properly about it.
@grifferz @Jaden2@mstdn.social So there is little point in renaming a building unless people actually understand why, and this reason needs to be kept alive rather than being forgotten over time after the building name has changed.
@zleap @Jaden2 Renaming a building or replacing a statue is acknowledging a wrong and showing that you wish to right it. But in a lot of cases we aren't even there yet because some refuse to even discuss the history let alone act on it.