Extract from Welsh Assembly debate on teaching the history of Wales - Jun 19
Thursday, 20 June 2019 07:32
Alun Davies AM:...History is not always comfortable and not always
convenient and not always easy. We are remembering at the moment
the race riots in Cardiff. I spoke to people at home in Tredegar
about remembering a century after the anti-Jewish riots in 1911.
They didn't want to remember that. They were ashamed of what
happened in our town in our name and ashamed of what that had done
to us, especially now that we are still
fighting anti-semitism in this country....Request free trial
AM:...History
is not always comfortable and not always convenient and not
always easy. We are remembering at the moment the race riots in
Cardiff. I spoke to people at home in Tredegar about remembering
a century after the anti-Jewish riots in 1911. They didn't want
to remember that. They were ashamed of what happened in our town
in our name and ashamed of what that had done to us, especially
now that we are still fighting anti-semitism in this country. So, our
history is not simply what has happened in the past, it's who we
are today, and it is our responsibility as parliamentarians and
as leaders of this country to ensure that our history remains in
the hearts and minds of our people when we seek to create the
future for our people...
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