Submitted on Monday 8th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 19th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
TAKE DOWN ALL STATUES OF SLAVE TRADERS IN THE UK
We want all of the statues of Slave Traders removed. They represent the painful history of Slavery by uplifting the disgusting British Slave Traders that stole people from all over Africa.
These statues celebrate the hateful racism, and enslavement of a race. They celebrate the inhumanity of the past, and further, emphasise that many white people think they are better than anyone else based on the colour of their skin.
Everyone is the same, no matter the colour of their skin. And celebrating the slave traders is saying that inhumanity is ok based on skin colour - it is not, and so remove all of the statues which were built for slave traders.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about individual historical monuments, statues, plaques and street names are a matter for the local authority in which they are located and private landowners, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you want to raise concerns about a particular historical monument or statue you should contact your local authority about this.
The Local Government Association has published an advice note to help councils work to ensure all sections of the community feel heard by decision-makers and each other: www.local.gov.uk/topics/community-safety/statues
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449
Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673
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