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Fascinating article, it argues that Churchill was indeed racist and imperialist toward these people, and yet strove to head off the famine from humanitarian imp
by hirundo 3y ago
Fascinating article, it argues that Churchill was indeed racist and imperialist toward these people, and yet strove to head off the famine from humanitarian impulses. The more informed histories always seem to be written in shades of grey.
- zpeti 3y agoIf Churchill wasn’t a bit racist he probably wouldn’t have thought British culture is superior to nazi culture.
- NotYourLawyer 3y agoNazi isn’t a race though…
- HL33tibCe7 3y agoYeah from what I’ve read this seems the most correct take. Churchill was, in today’s parlance, a racist. He saw other races as inferior, I think it’s hard to deny that. But he _did_ still have respect for them, and certainly did not see other races as subhuman or below moral consideration as articles like the OP claim.