{"id":557931,"date":"2021-06-09T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557931"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:36:50","slug":"oxford-universitys-magdalen-college-votes-to-remove-portrait-of-queen-elizabeth-after-woke-american-student-complains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oxford-universitys-magdalen-college-votes-to-remove-portrait-of-queen-elizabeth-after-woke-american-student-complains\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford University\u2019s Magdalen College Votes To Remove Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth After \u2018Woke\u2019 American Student Complains"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foxford-universitys-magdalen-college-votes-to-remove-portrait-of-queen-elizabeth-after-woke-american-student-complains%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1918.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A committee of students at Oxford University\u2019s Magdalen College voted to take down a portrait of Queen Elizabeth that hung in the school\u2019s common area after a \u201cwoke\u201d American graduate student and lecturer complained that the Queen symbolized an era of \u201ccolonialism\u201d that made some students feel unwelcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents at one of Oxford University\u2019s elite colleges have voted to remove a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II because she \u2018represents recent colonial history,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/08\/oxford-college-to-nix-queens-portrait-over-colonial-history\/\">the New York Post reported<\/a>. \u201cMembers of the Middle Common Room at Magdalen College voted by a substantial majority to remove the monarch\u2019s portrait, according to minutes obtained by the popular UK\u00a0political blog Guido Fawkes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The portrait was removed, according to a student cited in the meeting minutes, because, \u201cThis is about our communal space and making people feel welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some students, depictions of the monarch and the British monarchy represent recent colonial history,\u201d the minutes noted. Another student was quoted as suggesting that \u201cpatriotism and colonialism are not really separable,\u201d and yet another insisted that the move was not akin to \u201ccancelling\u201d the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>The portrait, the Post added, will be replaced with \u201cart by or of other influential and inspirational people\u201d and will be auctioned off. Any future royal portraits will have to be approved by the committee before they\u2019re hung on Magdalen College\u2019s walls.<\/p>\n<p>The move was not without its opponents, who accused Magdalen College\u2019s common areas committee of trying to erase a significant figure from history while she is still alive, and of being \u201cculturally insensitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an era where debates on no-platforming and cancel culture rage strong, effectively \u2018cancelling\u2019 the Queen and brandishing her as a symbol of colonialism \u2013 so often used as a synonym for racism \u2013 sends a dire message that is sure to enrage,\u201d one opponent said according to the meeting minutes, citing the fact that Magdalen College is mostly home to graduate students from outside of the United Kingdom. \u201cMoreover, it is culturally insensitive for a common room so heavily comprised of international students to seek to remove a national symbol from a British institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cultural heritage of all nations has the right to be respected, and a common room that does not do so cannot claim to be inclusive,\u201d the opposing student concluded.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9667433\/American-scholar-tabled-motion-cancel-Queen.html\">the Daily Mail reported<\/a> that it was a \u201cwoke\u201d American scholar who initially tabled the motion to \u201ccancel the Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cThe Oxford student who tabled the motion to remove an \u2018unwelcoming\u2019 portrait of the Queen from Magdalen College\u2019s common room is a privately educated American post-grad who went to school with Barack Obama\u2019s daughter,\u201d the outlet revealed. \u201cMatthew Katzman is a lecturer in computer science and the son of a top lawyer at international firm Steptoe &#038; Johnson. His family live in a \u00a34million mansion in Washington DC, where he attended $48,000-a-year Sidwell Friends School, a historic Quaker private college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 25-year-old brought forward the measure to \u2018cancel\u2019 the Queen in his role as president of Magdalen\u2019s Middle Common Room (MCR), which is made up of graduates,\u201d the Daily Mail noted.<\/p>\n<p>Katzman did comment to the Mail, telling the British outlet that \u201cno stance was taken on the Queen or the\u00a0Royal Family\u201d but that his committee wanted to ensure that Magdalen\u2019s common areas became a \u201cneutral place for all members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe action was taken after a discussion of the purpose of such a space, and it was decided that the room should be a welcoming, neutral place for all members regardless of background, demographic, or views,\u201d Katzman told media. \u201cThe Royal Family is on display in many areas of the college, and it was ultimately agreed that it was an unnecessary addition to the common room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move drew swift and serious condemnation from members of the British government and from the Oxford University administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson calling it \u2018absurd\u2019, and Oxford University\u2019s Chancellor Lord Patten condemning the students for being \u2018offensive and obnoxiously ignorant,&#8217;\u201d the Daily Mail noted. \u201cPrime Minister Boris Johnson this afternoon said backed Mr Williamson\u2019s criticism, with a No 10 spokesman saying: \u2018You have had the Education Secretary\u2019s words, which the PM supports.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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