That doesn’t surprise me, teaching anti discrimination in FE/HE I found that many people had been socialised into a very sanitised view of slavery and empire.
Same or worse in Portugal, probably the latter. So much work to do here. Just a couple of years ago (literally 2023), in Lisbon, Belém district, the city hall decided to set the emblems of the former colonies in the cobblestone pavement. 2023! In stone!
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