The National Trust’s head has pledged to keep ‘decolonizing’ their country homes, one at a time, in spite of a lot of backlash against the organization’s wokeism.
The trust was cleared of breaking charity law last year over a report which detailed links between 93 of its properties and historic slavery and colonialism.
Chartwell in Kent was Winston Churchill’s home before the war, and was included on the property list as the former Secretary of State for Colonies.
This sparked a strong backlash from certain quarters including some MPs and peers. The trust was accused of wakeism and jumping on to the Black Lives Matter train.
Following complaints, the charities regulator opened a case to examine critics’ concerns, but concluded the National Trust had acted in line with its charitable purposes and there were no grounds for regulatory action against it.
Hilary McGrady is the head of National Trust and has pledged to keep ‘decolonizing’ country homes one at a time despite huge backlash. She has been threatened with death over her ‘wokeism.
The National Trust pledged to keep ‘decolonizing’ their country homes, one at a time, in spite of massive backlash. Chartwell
Chartwell, Kent’s ex-home of Winston Churchill, is on the property list. Chartwell was once the home of the Secretary of State in the Colonies.
“The next step is property by property. [ask if]More research is needed. What would you do to incorporate this into your story? This will be a lengthy process, let’s face it.
“No one forces this on you.” This is not a forced reading. We don’t preach, and certainly not judge.
“We are trying to add layers to information, we are not taking anything away. This is adding complexity to the available information. However, [people]Would you like to walk through the garden with me and enjoy a cup of tea?
McGrady shared that Ms McGrady had also received threats of death anonymously for her reporting on the incident, which was viewed as a political attack against heritage.
She brushed aside the fear and said that it was part of the territory.
Following last year’s conclusion by the Charity Commission, leading historian and journalist Professor Simon Heffer told MailOnline he was ‘astonished’ the regulator had not censured the body.
He said that the British Empire was a wickedly constructed empire had been made by the organization. The September report contained ‘breathtaking ignorance’ as well as a complete lack of nuance in its conclusions.