Name change is the route to respect

PUBLIC art should be decolonised, according to Welsh Government guidelines, and that councils will be expected to promote a “decolonised account of the past that recognises both historical injustices and the positive impact of ethnic minority communities”.

All well and good I say but surely it does sound a bit rich that all this political posturing of endorsing fairness by Llywodraeth Cymru is made in the name of Wales, its mere presence as an official name of this country being a constant reminder why it is there – to remind the Cymry of their place in this colonial land of theirs and why their language should always play second fiddle to the English language.

The Cymry do not need the Welsh Government to explain to them about the injustices of colonisation – as we are where we are today – as a direct consequence of past and present governments accepting subjugation to English rule to which we were so clearly alluded to a few weeks ago when Vaughan Gething had to be seen to receive the acceptance of the King of England in order to govern Wales. What an insult.

The sooner this country ditches the imposed colonial name of our country and replaces it with Cymru – the only name that has the necessary provenance to be an official name of this country – it will only be when that happens that respect for our country will be established.

Decolonisation under the name “Wales” is nigh on impossible, unless, that is, Llywodraeth Cymru steps in and demands that the colonial name of Wales be sent back to England as a reminder that this country of ours has moved on and that it no longer recognises that old colonial address.

Arfon Jones

Hen Golwyn

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