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Estátuas de Londres do passado imperial serão revisadas

Decisão foi tomada depois que monumento de mercador de escravos Edward Colston foi derrubado em Bristol, na Inglaterra, durante protestos

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Estátua de mercador de escravos foi derrubada
Estátua de mercador de escravos foi derrubada

O prefeito de Londres, Sadiq Khan, ordenou uma revisão das estátuas e nomes das ruas da capital britânica após a derrubada da estátua de um comerciante de escravos inglês por manifestantes antirracistas que desencadeou um debate sobre os demônios do passado imperial no Reino Unido.

Uma estátua de Edward Colston, que fez fortuna no século 17 com o comércio de escravos da África Ocidental, foi derrubada e lançada no porto de Bristol no domingo por um grupo de manifestantes que participavam de uma onda de protestos após a morte de George Floyd nos Estados Unidos.

Khan disse que uma comissão revisará estátuas, placas e nomes de ruas que refletem amplamente a rápida expansão da riqueza e do poder de Londres no auge do império britânico no reinado da rainha Victoria.

"A diversidade da nossa capital é nossa maior força, mas nossas estátuas, nomes de estradas e espaços públicos refletem uma época passada", disse Khan, acrescentando que algumas estátuas seriam removidas.

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"É uma verdade desconfortável que nossa nação e cidade devem grande parte de sua riqueza à participação no comércio de escravos e, embora isso se reflita em nosso domínio público, a contribuição de muitas de nossas comunidades para a vida em nossa capital foi intencionalmente ignorada".

Na maior deportação conhecida da história, armas e pólvora da Europa foram trocadas por milhões de escravos africanos que depois eram enviados através do Atlântico para as Américas. Os navios retornavam à Europa com açúcar, algodão e tabaco.

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Manifestantes jogam estátua de mercador de escravos Edward Colston em rio na cidade de Bristol, na Inglaterra
People observe the base of the statue of Edward Colston, after protesters pulled it down and pushed into the docks, following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Bristol, Britain, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
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Diversas estátuas mundo afora têm sido depredadas em meio aos protestos pela morte de George Floyd, homem negro que morreu asfixiado por um policial branco, em Minneapolis, no dia 25 de maio
Boa parte dos monumentos sempre estiveram envolvidos em polêmicas, como o erguido em homenagem ao general confederado Robert E. Lee, símbolo controverso da história norte-americana e que pautou os confrontos raciais ocorridos em Charlottesville, na Virgínia, em 2017. Acima, as bailarinas Kennedy George e Ava Holloway, ambas com 14 anos, diante de uma estátua de Lee, em Richmond, após sofrer intervenções antirracistas
Manifestantes jogam estátua de mercador de escravos Edward Colston em rio na cidade de Bristol, na Inglaterra
People observe the base of the statue of Edward Colston, after protesters pulled it down and pushed into the docks, following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Bristol, Britain, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
Antwerp (Belgium), 05/06/2020.- A view of a defaced statue of King Leopold II of Belgium, after it was set on fire and smeared with red paint, in Ekeren, Antwerp, Belgium, 05 June 2020. At least two petitions were launched to remove all statues in honor of the colonial-era monarch due to historical atrocities committed in his name in his former colony Congo, reports state. The petitions to remove the monuments were launched amidst worldwide anti-racist protests following the death of George Floyd, a black US citizen who died after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes, reports state. (Protestas, Incendio, Bélgica, Amberes) EFE/EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET
Antwerp (Belgium), 05/06/2020.- A view of a defaced statue of King Leopold II of Belgium, after it was set on fire and smeared with red paint, in Ekeren, Antwerp, Belgium, 05 June 2020. At least two petitions were launched to remove all statues in honor of the colonial-era monarch due to historical atrocities committed in his name in his former colony Congo, reports state. The petitions to remove the monuments were launched amidst worldwide anti-racist protests following the death of George Floyd, a black US citizen who died after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes, reports state. (Protestas, Incendio, Bélgica, Amberes) EFE/EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET
Brussels (Belgium), 05/06/2020.- Statue of King Leopold II of Belgium, in Brussels, Belgium, 05 June 2020. According to State reports, at least two petitions were launched to remove all statues in honor of the colonial-era monarch due to historical atrocities committed in his name in his former colony Congo. The petitions to remove the monuments were launched amidst worldwide anti-racist protests following the death of George Floyd, a black US citizen who died after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes during an arrest. (Protestas, Bélgica, Bruselas) EFE/EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET
Demonstrators stand on the statue of Leopold II as one of them holds a national flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo during a protest, organised by Black Lives Matter Belgium, against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in central Brussels, Belgium June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
ATTENTION EDITORS - SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Demonstrators react infront of graffiti on a statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
A council employee cleans graffiti from the statue of Winston Churchill at Parliament Square, in the aftermath of protests against the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
A demonstrator reacts infront of graffiti on a statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
London (United Kingdom), 08/06/2020.- A worker removes graffiti from the the statue of Ian Christian Smuts at Parliament Square in London, following a Black Lives Matter protest at the weekend in London, Britain, 08 June 2020. Protesters gathered to express their feelings in regard to the death of 46 year old George Floyd while in police custody. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck, in Minnesota, USA. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. (Protestas, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos, Londres) EFE/EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

Diversas estátuas mundo afora têm sido depredadas em meio aos protestos pela morte de George Floyd, homem negro que morreu asfixiado por um policial branco, em Minneapolis, no dia 25 de maio

Diversas estátuas mundo afora têm sido depredadas em meio aos protestos pela morte de George Floyd, homem negro que morreu asfixiado por um policial branco, em Minneapolis, no dia 25 de maio

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