![]() ![]() Over the course of its 624 pages this book looks at several individuals like Francis Barber, Oluadah Equiano, and Sara Forbes Bonetta among others. It asserts that Black British history is British history and should be treated as such. One example of this is the book Black And British: A forgotten History by David Olusogaīlack And British: A Forgotten History is a book with a clear goal, to show that Black people have been in and part of Britain for millennia, and to make sure that their history in Britain is forgotten no more. Over the last few decades there has been a concentrated push to change this perspective with more and more books, and academic research devoted to uncovering Black British history and bringing it into the light. ![]() The idea that there were no Black people in Britain until the Windrush set sail in 1948 is a disappointingly widespread, and reductive one to the point where costume dramas that include Black people have been accused by some of being “historically inaccurate”, or being examples of “political correctness gone mad”. This is not just the case in school but onwards from there with our popular culture. Less focus is placed on the British involvement in the slave trade, or British colonialism for example. We learn about The Tudors, The English Civil War, the Victorian era and World Wars I and II. The mainstream view of British history and one which is instilled from childhood with our school curriculum is largely one told through a white lens. ![]()
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