annabethchasethyourdreams628:

armoredsoftie:

can we stop only blaming british people for colonialism and how they don’t take any responsibility today? because hi, spain massacred the entire center and south america. france? destroyed entire civilizations and ruled the worldwide slave market. european countries literally sat down and divided africa to themselves. y'all don’t get blame free just because it’s more trendy to be after british people on tumblr.

Britain, Spain, France, the Netherlands, the USA - we’ve all been imperialists! We’ve all had colonies! It’s fucked up!

The UK is sort of famously dismissive about its colonial history and current racism, but never talking about or addressing one’s own histories of colonialism isn’t great either