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

    • njm1314@lemmy.world
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      Yeah you’ll see this a lot with Roman history anyone who lived on the continent of Africa has to be black. It’s a way of oddly, well I guess whitewashing isn’t the exact right term I’m looking for, but oversimplifying I guess history? I’ve taken the Nuance out of things. Also of diminishing other North African cultures.

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        It’s not just Roman history. It happened recently with the Cleopatra show. Some people can’t get their head around the idea that not all Africans are black.

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      But isn’t Roman just a blanket term for a ton of different ethnicities and nationalities?