British Quote by Paterson Joseph

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

— Paterson Joseph

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

When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock…

— Buchi Emecheta

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

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

— David Olusoga

While not always pretty or comfortable to discuss, Black history shines a light on the everlasting resilience of patriots in the Black community who…

— Byron Donalds

What we're seeing is a backlash against any attempt, whether from the world of scholarship or popular culture, to paint non-white people back into…

— David Olusoga

“Yet, if the American Negro has arrived at his identity by virtue of the absoluteness of his estrangement from his past, American white men…

— James Baldwin

Most black British people who have come to our shores were not brought here in chains, but came voluntarily due to their connections to…

— Kemi Badenoch

As British people, we don't often face what our role in history is. We're only just beginning to do that. Storytellers have an incredibly…

— Rege-Jean Page

Black history is a series of missing chapters from British history. I'm trying to put those bits back in.

— David Olusoga

The old racism of imperialism not only rendered the postwar political elite unable to see black people as full British citizens, it provided them…

— David Olusoga