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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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[–] Tylerdurdon 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

British, not American

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was assuming that the commenter was claiming 99% of Americans couldn’t name a black American historical figure.

[–] Tylerdurdon 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, we're pretty uneducated, but there's an MLK day at least.