For a long time, few people in the small Belgian town of Halle paid much attention to the monuments. They were just fixtures in a park, tributes to great men of the past.And so it was that three weeks ago, a bust of Leopold II, the Belgian king who has been held responsible for the deaths of millions of Congolese, was spattered in red paint, labeled “Murderer,” and later knocked off its pedestal.
Statues of Leopold, who reigned from 1865 to 1909, have been defaced in half a dozen cities, including Antwerp, where one was burned and had to be removed for repairs. It’s unclear if it will ever come back. His 98-year-old foster mother, Emma Monsaert, recalls others in town asking her if she was really going to take in a Black youth in the 1960s: “I said, ‘Why not, it is a child after all.’”One teacher poured salt on his head, he recalled, saying it would make it whiter. When he wanted a part in a school play of the 17th century fairy tale “Puss in Boots,” he was denied a role, with a teacher telling him: “Mr. Baranyanka, in those days there were no Blacks in Europe.
The colonial era brought riches to Belgium, and the city of Halle benefited, building a rail yard that brought jobs. Native son Franz Colruyt started a business that grew into the supermarket giant Colruyt Group with 30,000 employees — one of them Baranyanka’s foster father.
Belgians(SPECIALLY Vlaamingen North of the Belgium)are still Fachist&have rasisct views;They ONLY trying not to show it! They also want anyone be 'Scilence' about Congo,as they Attack & Hushing everyone,who brings this up!! Need prove?! There were NEVER any appology for it (!)
Leftists can't handle their own history.
The real problem is we are being played. Private equity is no different than colonialism. Colonialism is the essence of our economy today, and no one complains.
So what the country is for BELGIANS NOT INVASIVE RACES WHO WANT TO OVER RUN + DICTATE THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES + HERITAGE'S! LIKE THE REST OF EUROPE NEEDS TO MAKE EXTREME TOUGH LAWS REGARDING THESE ISSUES OF CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY! AMERICA NEEDS TO DO THE SAME!
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