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

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

  •  idiomaddict   ( @idiomaddict@feddit.de ) 
    11•8 months ago

    Norway didn’t colonize the West Indies or Africa (though they ran the Société du Madal for Portugal), thereby increasing the number of black Norwegians to include residents of entirely new majority black countries. There are a lot of black Brits.

    Also, why Norway and not France (physically closer, comparable colonial history) or the Republic of Ireland (former colony, significant “shared history” during the colonial times, literally touching)?

    •  NeuronautML   ( @NeuronautML@lemmy.ml ) 
      1•8 months ago

      Oh right yeah the colonial times. I guess when i was thinking about historical Britain i was thinking about celtic/roman/viking/medieval times. I tend to gloss over colonial times, i find that part of history not to be very appealing to me, but yeah, makes sense. Lots of black people because of the slave trade.

      I picked east, i could’ve picked west, or south sure. No reason in particular.