Prominent UK College Will Replace Portraits of School's Founders Because They're Bearded White Men

[rangerrebew]

Prominent UK College Will Replace Portraits of School's Founders Because They're Bearded White Men
Leah Barkoukis
 
Posted: Jul 19, 2017 10:45 AM

King's College London, a prominent university in the UK, announced it will be replacing some of the portraits of the school’s founders in the main entryway because they are white, which, apparently, is “intimidating” to minority students.

The entryway will instead feature a “wall of diversity” of black and ethnic minority scholars. The changes are being implemented by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, whose dean of education, Patrick Leman, explained that the reason for the change was because the entrance was full of “busts of 1920s bearded men.” The inclusion of more diverse modern scholars will make the entrance feel less “alienating,” he said.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/19/uk-college-to-replace-portraits-of-founders-because-theyre-white-n2356894

[rangerrebew]

I guess J.K. Rowing should think about replacing Dumbledore for the same reason then.

[Free Vulcan]

Sounds to me like they're 'intimidated' because they are bigoted and intolerant, and can't handle white faces within their 'safe space'. Since the founders of the university represent the indigineous population, wouldn't attempting to make them second class citizens amount to imperialist colonization?