– She, her family, and their country are still making money from British colonies. She is literally the epitome of colonialism. That’s what TikTok user @iamsbeih says in a video that has been liked over 300,000 times. He is clearly upset and speaks directly into the camera. Photo: Screen dump / TikTok He does not mourn the queen’s death, he says in the clip, and thinks it is special that there are such large differences between the reactions in the West and the rest of the world. Queen Elizabeth’s passing was presented on the BBC news channel a week ago. Since then, many videos and memes have abounded on social media, with several criticizing the Queen and the British monarchy. Photo: screenshot / tiktok Critical voices also wonder if the diamonds used by Queen Elizabeth will be returned to the former colonies. The crown contains a number of crown jewels which are worth several millions and which do not originate from Great Britain. The most expensive and most discussed crown jewel is the Koh-i-Noordiamanten which probably comes from somewhere in the south of India – and has an estimated value of 400 million dollars. Several celebrities react Here in Norway, the debate has not gone unnoticed either. Fashion profile Rawdah Mohamed caused reactions last week when she made strong statements in connection with Queen Elizabeth’s death. “The original colonist is dead. Hope you burn in hell for what you and your ancestors did,” she wrote, among other things, in her posts on Instagram, which have been reproduced by several media outlets. Fashion profile Rawdah Mohamed is among several celebrities who have resorted to social media to tell what they feel after Queen Elizabeth’s death. Photo: Sindre Thoresen Lonnes / news Mohamed also wrote that her empathy lies with the 19 African and 10 Caribbean countries that were enslaved. Comedian Abubakar Hussain and P3 profiler Nate Kahungu also opened up about their feelings about the British monarch’s death. Photo: Screenshot / Twitter “The British monarchy doesn’t get a single tear out of this South Asian here, ass. Morna, Elizabeth,” Hussain wrote in a Twitter message on the same evening that the Queen’s death was announced. On TikTok, Kahungu posted a humorous clip where he stands in front of what is supposed to illustrate the gate of heaven and jokes that the queen is trying to colonize the kingdom of heaven. Photo: Screenshot / TikTok – Symbol of terror – I think it is because Queen Elizabeth has been a symbol of terror, fear and oppression for many of us who have been colonized by Great Britain, says Ida Evita de Leon. She is the leader of Black History Month Norway. Ida Evita de Leon leads Black History Month Norway and believes that the queen is for many a symbol of the terror that came with Britain’s colonial era. Photo: Private De Leon believes it is natural that a settlement is now made. – This is precisely why we have freedom of speech, and the queen is more than a single individual. She has exercised a power that should be criticized regardless of death. On Twitter, Professor Uju Anya of Carnegie Mellon University also received a lot of attention when she hoped that the Queen “suffered a painful death”. Professor Uju Anya received a lot of attention for his tweet. Photo: screenshot / twitter The message has subsequently been deleted by Twitter. – Far too early But the settlement has also received criticism. Historian and royal house expert Ole Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen believes it is tone-deaf to criticize now. – It is far too early. Do not speak ill of the dead, at least not right after they have passed. The criticism came almost before the queen herself had breathed her last at Balmoral, says Schulsrud-Hansen. While British newspapers have mourned the Queen’s death, there has been more criticism on social media. Photo: Facsimile Managing director Trygve Svensson of the Agenda think tank agrees with the historian. – When is it appropriate to criticize the authorities? – Maybe that’s the way you do it, he says. A time of harsh words Svensson believes critics should rather speak in a way that brings more people along. Trygve Svensson from Agenda believes that it is natural to criticize, but that you should think about the way you do it. Photo: Aida Khorami / news – We live in a time with so much polarization and harsh words. If what you want is for people to think: oh, here’s a part of the story we need to take seriously. Yes, then you have to take it in a different way, says Svensson. De Leon disagrees with that. – It cannot be the case that you have to have a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric to be able to express bad feelings. Try to understand what people feel rather than saying: you are saying it in the wrong way.
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