A Place to Dream
Ric Kasini Kadour
USA
English physical and psychological conquest of the Irish formed the blueprint by which the British Empire would make its way throughout the world. Historian Ronald Takaki described the systems they used in Ireland as a forerunner to the conquest of Native Americans and systems of slavery in America. "The English colonizers established a two-tiered social structure: 'Every Irishman shall be forbidden to wear English apparel or weapon upon pain of death. That no Irishman, born of Irish race and brought up Irish, shall purchase land, bear office, be chosen of any jury or admitted witness in any real or personal action.'
Historian Nell Irvin Painter also notes this connection. "Before his time in Ireland, [Gustave de] Beaumont had figured that parallels between American people of color and the Irish poor would make good sense. Thinking he had seen unmatched degradation in the United States—he considered Indians and Negroes 'the very extreme of human wretchedness'—he was astonished to see in Ireland the worst of both American worlds: the impoverished Irish lacked the freedom of the Indian as well as the slave's relative security
Throughout 2017, America engaged in a national conversation about the role of monuments in culture. In New Orleans, construction workers in masks and bullet-proof vests removed four prominent monuments in the middle of the night, starting with the one that was originally dedicated to the “national election of November 1876 [that] recognized white supremacy in the South.”
.From Lenin to Saddam Hussein, the scene of people taking down a large statue is a manifestation of change, a sign of revolution.
Ric Kasini Kadour
USA
English physical and psychological conquest of the Irish formed the blueprint by which the British Empire would make its way throughout the world. Historian Ronald Takaki described the systems they used in Ireland as a forerunner to the conquest of Native Americans and systems of slavery in America. "The English colonizers established a two-tiered social structure: 'Every Irishman shall be forbidden to wear English apparel or weapon upon pain of death. That no Irishman, born of Irish race and brought up Irish, shall purchase land, bear office, be chosen of any jury or admitted witness in any real or personal action.'
Historian Nell Irvin Painter also notes this connection. "Before his time in Ireland, [Gustave de] Beaumont had figured that parallels between American people of color and the Irish poor would make good sense. Thinking he had seen unmatched degradation in the United States—he considered Indians and Negroes 'the very extreme of human wretchedness'—he was astonished to see in Ireland the worst of both American worlds: the impoverished Irish lacked the freedom of the Indian as well as the slave's relative security
Throughout 2017, America engaged in a national conversation about the role of monuments in culture. In New Orleans, construction workers in masks and bullet-proof vests removed four prominent monuments in the middle of the night, starting with the one that was originally dedicated to the “national election of November 1876 [that] recognized white supremacy in the South.”
.From Lenin to Saddam Hussein, the scene of people taking down a large statue is a manifestation of change, a sign of revolution.