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[rhivolution]

Right, not to start a flame war, but I've left the usually interesting dw_britglish because I don't really want to hang out with a bunch of imperialist apologists. (of both the British and US American varieties, by the by.)

If I ever needed an illustration of how little the impact of the British Empire on former colonies is currently understood by white people, I just got it. You can be interested in British culture without supporting all historical (and, frankly, current) decisions that hurt people or white-washing over the bad parts.

Yes, I am white and from the US, but, to take a turn of phrase from my relatives, that ain't no reason to be fuckin' IGNORANT.

That is all, carry on.

(PS: This isn't just Britain, either. Anyone who knows me knows I will gladly air US dirty laundry. It just didn't come up.)

ETA: The pertinent post has been deleted. [snort]

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[futuransky]

S is flabbergasted and horrified when I tell her how little I learned in school about British colonialism. Ie, almost nothing. "But what did they tell you were the causes of the First World War?" she exclaims... Surely not the ridiculous Archduke Ferdinand thing... Yeah.