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Protests against racism are spreading beyond America to Europe. Protests lead to a voice of reflection on the past. The idea that whites are superior to other races is to reflect on the history of invading and colonizing other countries.

This is reporter Kim Ji-sung.

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protester pulls down a statue from Bristol, formerly the center of British slave trade.

They may trample the statue and press the statue's neck with their knees.

A statue of Coleston, a slave trader who sold 80,000 African blacks to the Americas in the 17th century.

Protesters rolled the statue of Coleston and drowned him in the river.


[Jasmine/Protester: I had to see Coleston's statue every day. This statue is an insult to all blacks. It is a disgrace.]

The statue of Churchill, the hero of World War II, was also stained with graffiti that he was a colonial racist.


In Belgium, the statue of King Leopold II, who carried out brutal colonial policies in Congo, Africa, was damaged everywhere.

Paint was flipped over and covered with cloth.

In Holland, the legend of St. Nicholas, who gives gifts like Santa Claus, is on the cutting board.

St. Nicholas, who appears in the festival, is white, and the accompanying servant is black.

The Dutch prime minister also said there is controversy and that the tradition will be removed within a few years.

Racial discrimination protests sparked in the United States are spreading to countries that have led the way in the past.

It is a reflection on the history of imperialism that invaded Africa and Asia based on racism.

(Video editing: Jeon Min-kyu, CG: Announcement)