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Racial views of Winston Churchill
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[[Winston Churchill]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], has a history of speech and actions that have widely been viewed as [[racially-charged]]. He has been accused of being "a passionate believer in British superiority"<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and "[[White supremacy|white supremacist]]". According to [[John Charmley]], "Churchill certainly believed in racial hierarchies and eugenics."<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Points of Controversy ==
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=== Palestine ===
In 1937, he told the Palestine Royal Commission "I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Churchill referred Palestinians as "barbaric hordes who ate little but camel dung."<ref></ref>
=== India and Gandhi ===
According to Churchill himself, he "hated the Indians." He told [[Leo Amery|Amery]] that "[Indians] are a beastly people with a beastly religion."<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He believed the Bengalis themselves were to blame for the [[Bengal famine of 1943]] "for breeding like rabbits".<ref name=":2"></ref><ref name=":1" /> Churchill also despised the [[Indian independence movement]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]], whom he described as "half-naked" and a "seditious fakir".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
=== Usage of chemical weapons against "uncivilised tribes" ===
After 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British, Churchill wrote that "I cannot understand this squeamishness about the use of gas", "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against the uncivilized tribes" because "it would spread a lively terror." He also described the Arabs as a "lower manifestation of humanity."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
== See Also ==
* [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany]]
* [[Racial views of Donald Trump]]
== References ==
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[[Winston Churchill]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], has a history of speech and actions that have widely been viewed as [[racially-charged]]. He has been accused of being "a passionate believer in British superiority"<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and "[[White supremacy|white supremacist]]". According to [[John Charmley]], "Churchill certainly believed in racial hierarchies and eugenics."<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Points of Controversy ==
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=== Palestine ===
In 1937, he told the Palestine Royal Commission "I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Churchill referred Palestinians as "barbaric hordes who ate little but camel dung."<ref></ref>
=== India and Gandhi ===
According to Churchill himself, he "hated the Indians." He told [[Leo Amery|Amery]] that "[Indians] are a beastly people with a beastly religion."<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He believed the Bengalis themselves were to blame for the [[Bengal famine of 1943]] "for breeding like rabbits".<ref name=":2"></ref><ref name=":1" /> Churchill also despised the [[Indian independence movement]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]], whom he described as "half-naked" and a "seditious fakir".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
=== Usage of chemical weapons against "uncivilised tribes" ===
After 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British, Churchill wrote that "I cannot understand this squeamishness about the use of gas", "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against the uncivilized tribes" because "it would spread a lively terror." He also described the Arabs as a "lower manifestation of humanity."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
== See Also ==
* [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany]]
* [[Racial views of Donald Trump]]
== References ==
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