Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth Removed From Oxford Due To Colonial History
Graduate students decision to take down the photo of Queen Elizabeth drew outrage from some and cries of cancel culture.
Graduate students at the University of Oxford have removed a portrait of Queen Elizabeth from their common area because of its ties to “colonial history,” prompting cries of “cancel culture” and headlines around the world.
Members of the Magdalen College Middle Common Room, or MCR, decided to take down the portrait during a committee meeting on Monday, according to the BBC. The outlet reported that the graduate students wanted to shelve the photo of the queen because “for some students, depictions of the monarch and the British monarchy represent recent colonial history.”
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