{"id":66033,"date":"2021-05-21T07:16:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66033"},"modified":"2021-05-21T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:18:30","slug":"how-did-white-supremacist-cecil-rhodes-statue-escape-blms-wrath-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66033","title":{"rendered":"How did the white supremacist Cecil Rhodes statue escape BLM&#8217;s wrath&#8212;REALLY?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Defeat For BLM as Cecil Rhodes Statue Won\u2019t be Removed<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Black Lives Matter in the mud.<\/h3>\n<p>Paul Joseph Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66035\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66035\" class=\"wp-image-66035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/200521statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/200521statue1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/200521statue1-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/200521statue1-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-66035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris J Ratcliffe via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative mvp-post-feat-img-wide2\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"tps_slideContainer_14307\" class=\"theiaPostSlider_slides\">\n<div class=\"theiaPostSlider_preloadedSlide\">\n<p><strong>The UK branch of Black Lives Matter has suffered a significant defeat after it was revealed that a statue of Cecil Rhodes will remain at Oxford\u2019s Oriel College.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the transatlantic riots and protests after the death of George Floyd last summer, campaigners had hoped that the \u201ccontroversial\u201d monument would be permanently removed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the College itself expressing a desire to remove the statue, in addition to a ruling by an independent commission which came to the same conclusion, Rhodes is safe for the time being because of the costs associated with expelling him from the Grade II listed High Street building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governing body has carefully considered the regulatory and financial challenges, including the expected time frame for removal, which could run into years with no certainty of outcome, together with the total cost of removal,\u201d said a statement by the College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the considerable obstacles to removal, Oriel\u2019s governing body has decided not to begin the legal process for relocation of the memorials. Instead, it is determined to focus its time and resources on delivering the report\u2019s recommendations around the contextualisation of the College\u2019s relationship with Rhodes, as well as improving educational equality, diversity and inclusion amongst its student cohort and academic community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1395321948620591105&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F05%2F20%2Fdefeat-for-blm-as-cecil-rhodes-statue-wont-be-removed%2F&amp;sessionId=297a233ea2d3c3b4328e125136d19eb6899e0c91&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1395321948620591105\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>College bosses were reportedly also wary of setting a precedent which could have seen numerous other historical statues and memorials removed throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>According to leftists, Rhodes is the \u201cHitler of southern Africa\u201d due to his role in British imperialism, \u201cstealing\u201d land and setting up proto-apartheid policies in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>A 2016\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yougov.co.uk\/topics\/politics\/articles-reports\/2016\/01\/18\/rhodes-must-not-fall\">poll<\/a>\u00a0found that 59 per cent of Brits wanted the statue to stay and this led to the College asserting they wouldn\u2019t remove it, a decision that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2016\/jan\/28\/cecil-rhodes-statue-will-not-be-removed--oxford-university\">attracted<\/a>\u00a0\u201coverwhelming support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, with woke jihadists now emboldened in their demented iconoclasm due to weaker and weaker opposition, the statue\u2019s long term future is far from certain.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/05\/20\/rhodes-statue-will-stay-despite-ruling-remove-oxford-college\/?utm_content=telegraph&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Echobox&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1621505651\">Telegraph<\/a>, while the ruling is a victory for free speech, it is likely to \u201cspark a backlash from campaigners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the statue sitting near the top of the 4 story building, don\u2019t put it beyond far-left extremists to try to physically remove it themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/05\/20\/defeat-for-blm-as-cecil-rhodes-statue-wont-be-removed\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/05\/20\/defeat-for-blm-as-cecil-rhodes-statue-wont-be-removed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defeat For BLM as Cecil Rhodes Statue Won\u2019t be Removed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}