‘It’s an Amazing Feeling:’ Statue of Black Protester Replaces Slave Trader
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‘It’s an Amazing Feeling:’ Statue of Black Protester Replaces Slave Trader
A statue of Jen Reid, who became a symbol of Bristol, England’s Black Lives Matter protest, replaced one of the 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston.
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It’s an amazing feeling. It’s really exciting. But obviously, we can’t forget as to why that statue was there and what it represents. For me, getting on that plinth you know, I raised my fist and I raised my fists to give power back to the people, back to the slaves who died at the hands of Colston. I gave power to George, George Floyd. And you know, and for other Black people who have faced injustices for being Black you know. So that’s — and it really kind of captures that.
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