Colin Grant

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Can people of one race really understand the experience of another? Peter Fryer certainly thought so

Arrogant allyship: ‘A Surge of Power (Jen Reid)’, 2020, by Marc Quinn, which temporarily replaced the toppled Colston statue. Ben Birchall / PA Wire / PA Images
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