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Hirsch, who writes a column for the Guardian and penned the book Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, told The Radio Times: "I'm not about destroying history at all. I want people to see it and engage with it.
"But I do feel quite critical that until now these things have been held in a way that neither educates nor enlightens us about our colonial history."
As a number of people have said, the place for statues of slavers, etc is museums, where their full historical context be seen and taught. Not town centres.
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.