Cecil Rhodes, Oxford, and victimhood

I’ve been following the Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford debacle with morbid curiosity for a while now.

For those of you who are not aware of it, a group of students are lobbying Oriel College of Oxford University to remove a statue it has of Cecil Rhodes, the Victorian business magnate who played a very prominent role in the British Empire’s colonial expansion in Africa. Rhodes was an alumnus of Ori

Cecil Rhodes, Oxford, and victimhood