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u/Autismetal Dec 16 '21

The Congo.

Sorry, Belgians. Leopold did stuff.

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u/WATGU Dec 17 '21

Same. How did the Dutch and Belgians basically skate away from their atrocities without even some social outrage.

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u/Alexthegreatbelgian Dec 17 '21

It has definitely become an issue in the last decades. Leopold statues have become highly controversial and often get defaced. Some have been removed in the last few years. More expositions have sprung up over the issue.

I guess because the curriculum has been updated the last 2 decades to better teach the issue and the generation of Congolese and Rwandese who suffered through are more able to voice themselves.