A few days ago the British Museum, the cultural institution that has done the most to bring together under one roof the largest number of ancient finds (from the Rosetta stone to the Parthenon friezes, even if many were stolen from their rightful owners), eliminated the bust of its founder, Sir Hans Sloane, guilty of ties to slavery, in homage to Black Lives Matter. The same fate could now happen to the statue of Charles Darwin in the main hall of the Natural History Museum in London.
The naturalist, known for progressive ideas for the time on child rearing, slavery, racism and the exploitation of child labor, in reality was a “racist” and his work is associated with and compromised in the empire.
An investigation by theSunday Telegraphreveals that the museum is preparing to launch a revision of the section dedicated to Darwin, but not only:
They will…
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