2020/2021 Trimester 2 Professional Communications Essay: Rhodes Statue

This essay delves into the contentious issue of the Cecil Rhodes statue at Oriel College, Oxford, examining the historical context of Cecil Rhodes's role in British colonization and his controversial legacy. It explores the arguments presented by the Rhodes Must Fall movement, which advocates for the statue's removal, and the counterarguments that emphasize the importance of preserving historical artifacts. The essay analyzes the debates surrounding the statue, including discussions about racial issues, the glorification of past slaveowners, and the impact on diversity within the university. It also discusses the Oriel College's response to the controversy, including the establishment of a commission to consider the statue's future. The essay highlights the complexities of the issue, acknowledging the different perspectives and the ongoing efforts to reconcile the past with the present. The essay concludes by emphasizing the enduring significance of the debate and its implications for how we interpret and commemorate historical figures and events.

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Introduction
In this essay, the issue related with Cecil Rhodes statue has been considered. Cecil Rhodes was
one of the leading figures of British colonization in the late nineteenth century, prompting the
kingdom to hold large positions in southern Africa, first as a money manager and later as chief
administrator of the Cape Colony in what is now the South Africa. Rhodes had financial and
political reasons. He helped found the De Beers gemstone group, which sought to control a place
that was much more famous for jewelry mining. During the lifetime of Rhodes, the group
controlled approximately 90% of the world's jewelry mines. In any case, he also had strong
evidence that the British should have handled things because they were simply better than others.
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Discussion
The Rhodes Must Fall project has been fundamentally enthusiastic and claims that the image of a
man who left school alone is an image of the "fragile side" of England and should be destroyed.
Oriel College's governing body created a self-governance committee at the request of a month
ago after people voted to remove the image after a backlash that started five years ago and
recently reopened by Black Lives Matter.
The images will remain in place at least until January, until the commission releases the results
after consulting a range of experts and partners, including representatives of former traders, past
and present bushes, Strugg Rhodes Must Fall and the group. of Oxford. Town Council. The
Commission is exploring how Oriel College's commitment to diversity in the 21st century can
better change the past. In addition to the main discussion of Rhodes' imagery and heritage, the
bonus addresses a wide range of issues about meeting Oriel cabinets and BAME staff and how to
improve accessibility.
In no case will the destruction of the image be guaranteed. "The devolution committee has
allowed them to reconsider all options for the image, in light of what the Executive wants the
image to destroy," he said in a statement attached to the application.

"Rhodes should fall" The Crusaders decided to release the commission in a "half rebound" from
Oriel College, but stressed the diversity and reasonable deadlines of the commission. "The
terrible struggles in June and July 2020 and the important links that have developed as a result
have shown us that a wave of progress has reached a small corner in Oxford," said the mission
statement. the amazing battles in June and July 2020 and the wave of progress they showed us
reached a small part of us, the job descriptions and export demands came from the college and
the environment was different in cities and He says he is from the Oriel College area.
An accurate overview of Oriel’s sculpture issues and how to promote the school’s commitment
to diversity will give everyone a chance to say where the sculpture will serve best in the future,
Brown said. The canndelier recently suggested Oxford Ashmolean Museum as a suitable venue
for a sculpture exhibition.
Rhodes' practice in Africa and his view of the kingdom he ruled over his lifetime has been
questioned, and discussions of common opinion and scientific history have taken place over the
centuries. This short article tries to explain why Rose and her ideas are controversial.
When a larger mining group bought a small suitcase, those who worked had to accept what is
now seen as an active type of business. De Beers spearheaded the development of a "closed mix"
in which unregulated workers were separated for racial reasons and silenced by consensus. In
1881, Rodes took part in the legislative affairs of Cape Breton as a member of Parliament and
was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. British interests in Central Central
Africa. The body's trust deed must provide "all kinds of rights, professional conspiracy, abilities
and powers of every kind and nature" in these areas, including those necessary to operate and
defend the government's claims, and to use this power. Just do it. Information on the purposes of
the company. Gradually the actions of the authorities developed their power (for example,
against Ndebele in 1893).
Rose has been a civil servant since the beginning. The extraordinary research it required, or
communication with Africans, may have been satisfying and fund the magazine for an almost
obscure reader. His administration also passed the Suffrage and Voice Act (1892), which was
repealed by increasing the wealth potential of citizens and introducing a test of professional skill,
which is the voting power of most Africans.

In the 1890s Rose was arguably the most influential figure in the British Empire. In 1899, a
Doctor of Laws from Oxford University received a bachelor's degree. After lunch at the Oriel
after completing his PhD, Rhodes discovered the school's true financial situation and offered to
leave £ 100,000 in his will. This sum of £ 40,000 was intended to support the development of
another building on the High Street. The remainder came from scholarship grants and other
college tuition fees. The building was completed in 1911 and is decorated with several statues,
including an image of Rhodes itself. Most of Rhodes' buildings are reserved for the Rhodes Trust
and its transgender programs in German, American and British cities.
After his death, Rose's life and legacy continued to spread. Alfred Moseley, Rose's jeweler and
employee, obtained university permission to sign the King Edward Street house where Rose
lived in 1881. An Oriental student, including the new facility to suggest, “Rhodes may not be
displayed behind the door.” I don’t like prodigal souls.
The nature and understanding of Rhodes' reasoning has already been fully discussed and can
only be generalized with considerable effort. In a way, it competes with other wealthy and
desirable 19th-century pilgrims and the United States. In his time, he shared discussions of social
development with others, after which the majority of Africans were not yet ready for the
reciprocal treatment of Europeans. He became a radical radical and in his 1877 confession wrote:
“I'm fighting for [British] to become the best race on the planet and we better occupy more of
humanity Or excluded from political decisions based on racial or rigorous assumptions. Rhodes
was the chief economist and producer of political consequences, who condemned the struggle for
his own goals. He followed the standards of public support and built the foundation and
importance of an informed class in decision-making.
Oriel College's monitoring agency has voted to erase the memory of a man in South Africa called
a “politically approved racist engineer”. In addition, explaining that schools are exploring its
legacy and figuring out more likely ways to differentiate students from faculty. Rhodes was a
Victorian ruler and colonizer and played an important role in the occupation of the vast extent of
South Africa (then Cape Colony) in the development of the British kingdom. In the will, he used
some of the wealth he had accumulated as a result of the abuse of black Africans to create a
prestigious Rose Fellowship. Awarded annually to some of the world's most prominent figures
since 1902, it is held at the University of Oxford, where the Rose Survey was conducted.

Conclusion
Rhodes is in fact marked in the great monument of Rhodes, which overlooks the Kirstenbosch
botanical gardens, spread over thousands of royal lands, which rise on the horizon. Rhodes
claimed the entire building and brought expertise to the country before it passed in 1902. We
move towards the huge advances leading to a non-stop created marble mold. The partition
behind the sculpture was torn from the fire set by uninformed informants who did the same. In
July of this year, the head was beaten by scammers. On the historical material, the sculpted
images are visual references, real props that represent both the past and shame. By eliminating
them, they will not change the wrong, but they will in the future deny any kind of family that has
a profound effect on the stories that can be verified, no matter how unpleasant they are. As the
argument for Cecil Rhodes's sculpture at Oxford's Oriel College shows, beautiful estates may be
called into question several centuries later. For all the debates since Rhodes was a `` man at the
time '', he was deeply skeptical in his life: hating the groups of people he landed with and his
opponents the Boers, hated by many in Britain, who feared inconsistency and selfishness.
The choice follows a mission from Oxford's Rhodes Must Fall Elementary School, which a
month ago called on the school to destroy sculpture, which they believe preceded, a holistic
culture that promotes fairness, mixed value and maintains a work environment, learning and
social where the rights and dignities of its employees and of all people are considered. Take for
example the debate on Cecil Rhodes sculpture at Oriel College in Oxford, which has become an
impossible moving place for those with more traditional influences. Rhodes' progressive friends
want him to be an extraordinary man whose memory should be respected and who destroying his
sculpture would be tantamount to destroying history.