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Fact test: Letter criticising calls to prefer Rhodes statue was as soon as no longer written by Oxford College
Social media posts have shared a letter critical of black students who are attending Oxford University as Rhodes scholars and who have called for a statue of 19th century colonialist Cecil Rhodes to be removed from a college at the university. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS/Axel SchmidtThe posts make the false claim that the letter, which…
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Campaign would no longer raze with Rhodes statue, says Oxford neighborhood
The campaign to bring down a statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University has said the project to decolonise the institution should not end with the removal of the memorial to the Victorian imperialis…
