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Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Okay. So half of britons can't name a black british historical figure? So what? That means HALF of britons CAN name a black british historical figure.

Personally I cannot name a single black british historical figure off the top of my head. But I also kind of find it offensive that people want to separate historical figures into "black" and "white" (and maybe others.. who knows?). Do we need to have a catagory for every type and mix? Like ffs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This bothers me as well. The headline might as well be based on some other survey about sexual orientation or height or hair color. What a strange thing, to further propagate association by race.