Vaughan Gething, the newly-elected First Minister of Wales. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)
Vaughan Gething, the newly-elected First Minister of Wales. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)
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Wales Elects a Black Leader — the First of Any European Country
’Twas but a century ago that the British Empire ruled over roughly one-quarter of the world’s people and had control over one-quarter of the planet’s land, making it the largest empire in world history.
And then, as this son of the British Isles has repeatedly lamented, the British populace was persuaded that it was a good idea to feel guilty about such a tremendous accomplishment. (more…)