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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] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most have things like statues or that mountain you mention, things that do not represent things like skin tone or hair colour accurately so unless someone differs ethnically a lot from the rest of the population you would never know those details from those kinds of portrayals of their appearance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Source? Sounds like nonsense to me.