Why South African students have turned on their parents’ generation

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Students attack the defaced statue of Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town on 9 April.

“When a black South African student threw a bucket of excrement over a statue of Cecil Rhodes, it kicked off a protest movement that is shattering the way the country sees its past.”

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/nov/18/why-south-african-students-have-turned-on-their-parents-generation

One response to “Why South African students have turned on their parents’ generation”

  1. There are still Cecil Rhodes statues?

    It’s a wonder I’m even shocked, considering the number of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee monuments remaining on this side of the globe.

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