Oxford dons refusing to tutor students in Cecil Rhodes statue row benefit from imperialist funding
Several professors have refused to teach undergraduate students after the college refused to take down the controversial statue of the colonialist.
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Several professors have refused to teach undergraduate students after the college refused to take down the controversial statue of the colonialist.
Academics who are refusing to teach over Rhodes statue row are accused of hypocrisy after benefitting from legacies built on forced labour
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