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Originally Posted by arista
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Cecil Rhodes? The one who set up the fund providing educational awards supporting exceptional students from around the world? The b*stard!
*In 2021 thirty two students in the USA received Rhodes Scholarships Twenty-two of them are students of colour; ten are black, which equals the greatest number ever elected in one year in the United States. Nine are first-generation Americans or immigrants; and one has active DACA status. Seventeen of the winners are women, 14 are men, and one is non-binary.
Let's leave his statue where it is.
*Source: Forbes.