I think your offense is kind of silly. I'm just saying that picking an Africa-theme is oh so general and I'm assuming he meant the Savannah. Although he could have meant the congo, then he could have lots of lush trees, gorillas, maybe some parrots scattered about. I'm much more interested in the colors and…
Yep. What William said was shitty and deserves to be called out, but the ignorance and the eagerness involved in defending him here is SO MUCH WORSE and so much scarier.
A million times this. It's everything I hate in the Jez commentariat. Blithe ignorance.
As someone from a country in Europe, I can tell you that when Americans refer to Europe like that, it annoys the shit out of people. You just haven't noticed.
The article says that Prince William called the nursery Africa themed, and that his examples were rhinos, hippos, elephants, and bushes. I'm not making that up; those are all the facts we are given by the article that you just commented on. If the article is misrepresenting what William said, and he doesn't actually…
We literally have people saying "WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO?! GO BACK INTO THE PAST AND CHANGE IT?!?!"
Oh the poor English royalty. How will this white man born into wealth and class handle our criticisms of his wording of things? The pressure he must feel over watching his words must be just oppressive.
No one is blaming the individual here. The point is it's impossible to view his choice outside the context of his family's history, because it doesn't exist outside the context of his family's history.
Did your grandfather invade space and slaughter a lot of saturnians? Because if so, if might be more important to get it right. And of course there's a focus on animals at a zoo. The "animal" theme is implied by the whole "zoo" concept. This is more like if you went to a museum, and most of the continents were…
That's because most people see no big deal about talking about Africa in a way that erases the existence of modern Africa and African people because it happens with such frequency that a bunch of people who probably for the most part consider themselves liberals don't even understand what the problem with it is.
If your European themed bedroom only contained bulls and red capes, I would wonder why you didn't just say Spain, and also how much you really knew about Spain. This nursery plan doesn't in any way include a variety of specific things from all over Africa.
It's like everyone forgets about privilege when someone turns a critical eye to monarchic British aristocrats. How does that make sense?
I would think the problem here wouldn't be England's mistreatment of Africa, because alas half the world has done the same, but the continued use of Africa as one specific destination rather than a vast continent with incredibly diverse landscapes and populations. To say a room will be "Africa-themed" is similar to…
The guy directly benefits from the products of British Imperialism.
WTF are these comments?!?!? Seriously you guys?
This is the same argument that's always made about "white guilt" and the lack thereof. No, he shouldn't feel personally guilty about British imperialism. You're right, he didn't do it, and no one is blaming him for it. However, he is unavoidably tied by the circumstances of his birth to the people who did. His actions…
Ew.