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Published 7 years ago by AdelleChattre with 2 Comments
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Britain Has Never Faced Up to the Shame of Empire

Nearly half of Brits think we should be proud of our colonial heritage. By Oscar Rickett. (Apr. 27, 2017)

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  • leweb
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    Never mind that approximately 35 million Indians died because of famines caused by British misrule, or that Winston Churchill blamed one of these famines on the "beastly" Indians for "breeding like rabbits".

    They wanted everything to be done for them! Lazy beasts.

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    • Gozzin
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      And then there was the potato famine in Ireland...The list goes on and on.

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