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@SarmaPavithra @kelkel156 @Jessica_Brough @edincarib Gains asked her yesterday....if you asked for the details instead of finger-wagging, you would know

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@SarmaPavithra @kelkel156 @Jessica_Brough @edincarib @UnderdogHealth I have been trying to actually listen on the phone - no one wants to actually have a respectful, meaninful conversation. This is the truth

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@kelkel156 @SarmaPavithra @Jessica_Brough @edincarib FYI we asked Lisa Williams if she wants to do her tour with us....

Donno if you got that info

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@kelkel156 @SarmaPavithra @Jessica_Brough @edincarib Can I ask, who said we were profiting off of this?

Who do you think the historian is?

I don't think you have yiur facts straight and would be happy to talk to straighten this out

Would this be possible? Maybe you don't actually have all the info

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@kelkel156 @SarmaPavithra @Jessica_Brough @edincarib Hi Someone Else, we havent done any tours yet - what profiting are you talking about?

The historian who is doing the tour is not even a person you know.

I think people like yourself have jumpes the gun and reached conclusions without actually knowing the situation

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@UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @Jessica_Brough @edincarib No one here is trying to teach black history or anti-racism. Lets not get muddled up or play chinese whispers on Twitter

We are simply doing a tour that covers Scotlands involvement with the slave trade.

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P.S. thanks for all your work so far, the guide developing our tour on this subject is a big fan

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@SirGeoffPalmer thanks for sharing a post last night about a new tour in Edinburgh that takes a look at Scotland's/Edinburgh's role in the slave trade between the 17th-19th centuries.
Can I ask, do you think a tour guide who leads this tour must not be white? #Peaceloveonly

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@kirtanaSekaran Im not the guide. Donno if you have followed this shambles of a chat thread but its a guy who is a qualified historian.

Yes, he is white (not his choice) and yes he is male (also not his choice).

He has a bigger social conscience than anyone else I know. U know him?

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@kirtanaSekaran Why dont you actually try and understand who or what you are talking about?

Easy to type a tweet and call someone racist isnt it

You couldn't even pick me out of a lineup yet you think you know me

Crazy

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@thatdamnqa @UnderdogHealth Hats off to the both of you

@Underdoghealth we do have a freelance fitness instructor position live right now.

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@thatdamnqa @UnderdogHealth I think that is great and am 100% behind anyone who makes the effort to improve

To be clear, im not attacking anyone here. Just trying to understand why people think as they do

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@kirtanaSekaran @UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @Jessica_Brough @edincarib To be clear, i never wrote that or said it or thought it

But good you asked the question

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@kirtanaSekaran @UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @Jessica_Brough @edincarib Who said that?

Not me

Am I new to twitter (today), sorry dont know the rules. Can we make stuff up here?

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@Idesel @UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @Jessica_Brough @edincarib Sorry for all the tweets, I think you also pose a great question here

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@Idesel @UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @Jessica_Brough @edincarib One more reason, i think i have gathered, is that someone else is already doing a tour on this topic and has some form of ownership over said topic

These things seem to be the cause of the debate here

I would contend he has the authority to do the tour

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@Idesel @UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @Jessica_Brough @edincarib I think some people are not happy that an academic who did his Phd on the British Empire, and has displayed a life-long passion for Scottish History, is guiding a tour on Edinburgh and it's connections to slavery.
I believe the reasons given for this are his skin colour +gender

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@Shafiqmog @rosieabeast @UnderdogHealth @HeatherParryUK @edincarib I hear you, although it seems on twitter there is only room for indignant shouting

I am (always) keen to learn about other people's opinions.

We are all students, all of us.

The only way to change minds is to initially embrace diverse views and engage in conversation

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@SarmaPavithra @Jessica_Brough @edincarib Who said I wouldnt want to use the services of another guide anyway?