Michael T. Wright's video: Erasing History: The Trouble With Statues

Must historical figures be perfect in order to receive a statue? Or must they only perform acts of kindness? Should statues be removed for their flaws? Or kept up for their strengths? The removal of the statue to Edward Colston, the defacement of the statue to Winston Churchill and Sean Russell, have made us ask these very pertinent questions. Sources: Gandhi's views on race: Vol. V., Vol. VIII, p. 199 The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi Number of slaves sold by Edward Colston: https://web.archive.org/web/20200607220922/https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/row-breaks-out-merchant-venturer-1925896 Edward Colston's philanthropy: Colston, Edward, by Kenneth Morgan Churchill's helping of the Bengal famine: Churchill papers, 23/11 Causes of Bengal Famine: Cormac O Grada, “Revisiting the Bengal Famine 1943-44” Churchill's opinion of chemical weapons: https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-160/leading-myths-churchill-advocated-the-first-use-of-lethal-gas/ Churchill's support of eugenics: Madhusree Murkerjee, Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II Number of victims and historical sites destroyed in Red August: Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, “Mao’s Last Revolution” Harvard University Press 2006 Music (In Order): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRhw_Z9gFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCL5sHzlDOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Y0uQLgriA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFVGwGQcB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN5z1mu6j4M