James Wong is some sort of Media Presence in Britain:
Not surprisingly, he has Strong Opinions about how English gardeners are racist toward plants.
I was once asked to present a planting concept for E London to a room of (100% white) critics.
— James A Wong (@Botanygeek) December 12, 2020
Feedback was that international planting ‘didn’t fit the area’ and I ‘should do native wildflowers’
The site was founded by Romans & an immigration epicentre for +2,000 yrs.
The only way to beat his anti-English racism is to outflank it to the left: James Wong is an imperialist biological appropriationist. Kew Gardens is an example of the British Empire appropriating the wealth of diverse cultures, just as the Benin bronzes and the Elgin marbles are.
For a moment, I thought I might have made up a new bit of Woke craziness, but … no, it’s a real thing. For example,
The time has come to decolonise botanical gardens like Kew https://t.co/0kt294Eluc
