“On Thursday,”
says Mummy Lulu, mama-san of Hot Legs Niteclub, “Carnegie Mellon University
professor, Uju Anya, sent out a tweet: 'I heard the chief monarch of a thieving
raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.’ I agree with the esteemed professor. Many African leaders also echo her sentiment
as the British committed several colonial-era atrocities such as slave-trading and mass murders, which were never acknowledged by the queen.
In then Malaya, in May 1915, Malay warrior Tok Janggut and his followers led a
rebellion against British rule. The rebellion was suppressed by British soldiers
sent from Singapore. After having being paraded on a bullock cart through the streets of Kota Bharu, the warrior’s body was hung upside down for several hours on
the bank of the Kelantan River for public viewing to deter others from fighting
for independence. The British also practised racism to the hilt. In the early days of colonialism, the Singapore Cricket Club posted this sign outside its entrance: 'No
Dogs and Chinese Allowed'. The Selangor
Club, now Royal Selangor Club, also had a similar sign but it was later taken
down. The British plundered our nation of rubber and tin and gold in Sarawak. They also introduced
opium to the mainland Chinese to weaken them. So, why mourn for the late queen?”
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