Before sun set on British Empire, they burned evidence of racism inherent to it.http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/29/revealed-bonfire-papers-empire?CMP=twt_gu …
@un_pellegrino You've got to explain why files would be okay for South African (presumably whites) but only if Euro descent.
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@emptywheel just compare corruption and bigamy scandals before and after Mandela. -
@un_pellegrino Hmm. "Culture." Nope. That wasn't used as a racist tool in Brit empire. Nope, you're not ignoring white corruption at all. -
@emptywheel I'm not. But there are differing degrees as transparency international lists in its yearly rankings, no?#strawman -
@un_pellegrino You DO know that the location for the stolen funds, as often as not, is British banks? British banks foster it. -
@emptywheel that's far different from countries where judges hit those accused of murder up for bribes to fix case, isn't it? -
@un_pellegrino Hey, when large numbers from HSBC and JPMC go to jail, then we can talk about how much more corrupt Africa is. -
@emptywheel sorry we were talking colonial administrators versus post-colonial administration. Sadly, often chasm. -
@un_pellegrino From that point you had evolved to making claims about relative corruption levels, ignoring order of magnitude difference. - 5 more replies
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@emptywheel culture. Those quite likely to follow rule of law versus those raised in cultures where allegiance to tribe paramountThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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