'He was not allowed to sit with European passengers in the stagecoach and told to sit on the floor near the driver, then beaten when he refused; elsewhere he was kicked into a gutter for daring to walk near a house.'
Walked by @IndianEmbassyUS staff reporting vandalism of #Gandhi statue to @DCPoliceDept about 20 minutes ago. Under the tarp overing the statue's base you can just make out "racist" spraypainted. Looks lile strategic troublemaking by #BlackLivesMatter
opponents to mepic.twitter.com/WFDCaeSyem
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so he was the one who repeatedly faced racism in UK and South Africa
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They are right, Ghandi was a an anti-black racist. What did Mahatma Gandhi think of black people? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/03/what-did-mahatma-gandhi-think-of-black-people/ …
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Looks like someone with a can of spray paint didn't pay attention in history class
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Sadly, some do and are intent on erasing it
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He never stood for blacks in South Africa during his stay there. This is stark reality.
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That’s why Mandela spoke highly of him or is that why they have a dedicated statue of him South Africa ?!?!pic.twitter.com/mWbiFzi5xe
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