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Since Rhodes Scholar is trending: Friendly reminder that John Cecil Rhodes was a racist, capitalist, imperialist colonizer who spearheaded British exploitation in southern Africa. They named a colony after himPermalink On twitter.com
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His mining company, De Beers, literally fabricated the tradition of diamond wedding rings for profit. Diamonds are literally just rocks. They're only expensive because a single corporation says so. youtu.be/N5kWu1ifBGUPermalink On twitter.com
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Many of the laws passed in Southern Rhodesia and South Africa that limited African access to education, housing, and movement were passed specifically to turn the black population of the colonies into an unlimited supply of cheap, physical labor for De Beers and others.Permalink On twitter.com
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The Rhodes estate is still one of the wealthiest estates in the world. De Beers still has a monopoly on diamonds. Black labor, often child and slave labor, is still being exploited for mining corporations. And we're still naming awards after John Cecil fucking Rhodes.On twitter.com
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It is legitimately hard to fathom how far from over colonialism actually isPermalink On twitter.com