Culture Quote by David Olusoga

The refusal to accept that the black presence in Britain has a long and deep history is not just a symptom of racism, it…

— David Olusoga

The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. This is not only deeply…

— Paterson Joseph

We have fixed ideas of Tudor Britain, Victorian and Edwardian Britain as entirely white. But an awful lot of what we know as history…

— Paterson Joseph

I think now you see a lot more British films from the perspective of, I guess what would be considered "new" British people -…

— Noel Clarke

When I was a child, growing up on a council estate in the northeast of England, I imbibed enough of the background racial tensions…

— David Olusoga

The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale.

— Paterson Joseph

History has proven that art depicting black people cannot be disentangled from the political implications that such art has on their lives. As Africans…

— Clint Smith

In England, you feel like a member of the revolutionary guard the minute you even mention race. But I do think that the OscarsSoWhite…

— David Harewood

I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that…

— David Oyelowo

At the start of the 21st century, Britain is caught in a confusing riptide of anxiety. Of course racism still exists, but things have…

— Munira Mirza

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

— David Hockney

Excusing or downplaying British racism with comparisons to the US is a bad habit with a long history.

— David Olusoga