Summary: <p>“The impacts of colonialism, and the former slave trade, still exist in my view. Racism is deeply engrained in UK culture, which in part is a result of formerly having an empire. Much of this racism is subtle, and not acknowledged too often in my view.</p> <p>Why isn’t the UK school curriculum containing the full picture of UK history, and the negatives and positives of us having had an empire, and up to our necks in colonialism and the slave trade history? What are we trying to hide, or maybe you feel we’re not hiding anything?</p> <p>Many English people have little knowledge of our history, and how other cultures perceive us in the modern day as a consequence of that. Is our seeming lack of wanting to talk about our involvement in historic outrages, rooted in us thinking if we acknowledge our history it will mean we’ll be saying we are still colonialists?</p> <p>Just because our ancestors were, in my view doesn't mean we are just because we acknowledge that, but not talking about it perpetuates in my view the bad stuff of the past. Colonialism seems to still exist (but in another form) with the dominant world powers still currently extracting earth minerals from all over the world, yet when the populations in those areas are displaced or become economic migrants, they are not supported?</p> <p>I see in some poor countries, some locals have the job of extracting minerals, but are paid very little, with the value increasing obscenely once it gets to the dominant powers above.</p> <p>For example I think its the diamond industry in Sierra Leone, the value does not filter down to the local people doing the work, so local interests still aren’t protected even if they do the extraction themselves. This is all a mess. Good luck guys discussing this lot”</p> <p>Stuart and William do their best to explore the above question that was sent in by listener Todd in Oxford, England.</p> <p>Help us to spread the podcast as far and as wide as possible by sharing it with five of your friends today by sharing the following link <a href="https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view</a></p> <p>Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, mull over, explore, discuss, delve into or debate? Send us an email <a href="mailto:thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com</a> with your name, where you're listening from, and your question.</p> <p>Or you can record your question in your own voice by going to <a href="https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message</a></p> <p>Support this work through Patreon or just 'follow' so you don't miss any of the public posts <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message
