Le danger d’effacer l’Histoire - Le Temps

Et puis les statues ça peut très bien aller dans des musées ...

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From Charlottesville to Brussels: collective memory and the challenge of our monuments

However, many countries, such as Germany, Spain, South Africa, Russia and the United States, have had this type of discussion over openly confronting their darkest hours. Why not Belgium?

Because many Belgians still refuse to recognise the latent racism still present in our society. If you raise the question of such topics to someone of foreign origin, you will get a very different answer.

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▻https://www.equaltimes.org/from-charlottesville-to-brussels?lang=en
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