stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHalf of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down122file-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkHalf of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey findswww.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoThey probably can, given there are more famous black Americans to choose from. Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, etc.
minus-squareneoman4426@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoHuh, didn’t know they were British figures. Learn something new every day I suppose
minus-squareTylerdurdon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoRead the title of the thread. While half of Britons can’t name a black historical figure, I bet 99% of Americans can name a Black British historical figure either. I sure can’t.
They probably can, given there are more famous black Americans to choose from. Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, etc.
Huh, didn’t know they were British figures. Learn something new every day I suppose
British, not American
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Read the title of the thread. While half of Britons can’t name a black historical figure, I bet 99% of Americans can name a Black British historical figure either. I sure can’t.