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

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      They probably can, given there are more famous black Americans to choose from. Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, etc.

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      Ugh George Washington Carver is known by a LOT OF people. Not to mention we have days dedicated to some of the greatest historical black Americans, Martin Luther King Jr for instance. But outside of that nearly every American knows a decent amount.

      Even the hateful useless Americans know President Barack Obama.

      Others of note when I asked several friends at work (blue collar average Joes and Jills, hotel maintenance):

      Booker T Washington Rosa Parks Harriet Tubman Jackie Robinson Malcolm X Hattie McDaniel Fredrick Douglass Oprah Winfrey (yeah I don’t know if this counts but I included it)

      Out of the 15 or so people I asked all of them said Obama and MLK Jr.

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      Lots of Americans know Crispis Attucks, he’s covered in history class. They may not associate him with britian but he was shot years before the revolution so he was a British subject.

    • KRAW@linux.community
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      Lol, I would be willing to believe most people can come up with MLK. Not to mention that Obama technically is a correct answer.