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

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[–] Zellith@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago

It matters to British children of color to see their cultures represented in positive ways and as great contributors to the world they live in.

I might agree with this if I wasnt a British child of colour at one point in time. Anecdotally, I never cared about the colour of anyones skin. If you were a British historical figure then you were a British historical figure. As a kid I never cared to put people into different boxes based on race. I'm all for teaching kids about history from people of all walks of life, but I dont feel the need to say "this was a black british person" or "this was a white british person". They are British people.