I’m happy that black ppl are uniting globally. We she all compare notes and learn from each other.

I love how my race has this ting where we refer to a man or woman of our colour as brother or sister. It's kinda helped me out with not feeling alone :)

And this is exactly why you guys have to keep pushing to tell your own stories.

I have traveled in the U.k and yes I am african American. They didnt know I was american till I spoke.

I I'm a black man leaving in the U.S I must say good video sister.

Black people have been in the UK since the 1500s. Its mad how we don't know our own BLACK British culture..

My mother is black British and she passes as white women. I am half Mexican

I call myself carribean British , not black British. Are Indians labelled as red. Are Chinese labelled as yellow. Are arabs labelled as beige. They,ve got different shades of brown and different shades of pink but no white or black.

I’m African Americans the difference in us in America is we really don’t care what they/people think of us because we create our own flavor good and bad but that’s why some hate us in the USA because so many other cultures like us. Go anywhere in the world you will see people mimicking our style in flavor!

Nah we are just too charming and cunning that's why we come across as too polite LOL.

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So talking about British history books and stuff, you're very right. I was taught in school about the transatlantic slave trade and that it was organised and run by Britain for the benefit of Britain. But this was a footnote in the class. I was taught almost nothing about the Caribbean (and forget even hearing about Haiti) and the lesson jumped straight to post-revolutionary US slavery. No mention of slavery in Brazil either. As far as the British involvement went, my lessons jumped from conception straight to Wilberforce. There was nothing on privateers and the connection between state-endorsed piracy and slavery, nothing about Britain in west Africa. Almost everything I know now has been self-taught.

I was taught about the slave/trade triangle, as a child and how much of Britain's wealth was generated through The Slave Trade. I was taught about The Opium Wars and the East India Company's 'colonisation' of India. I was taught about the history of Ireland - Cromwell and The Potato Famine; Highland Clearances; the atrocious working conditions of the Industrial Revolution; the Tolpuddle martyrs and Peterloo massacre; and, basically, everything about what vicious bastards we were!

Yes, I've been an Anglophile since I was seven years old. I wanted to learn about the What's, How's, Why's, Wheres, and Who's about the British Empire including the good and the bad, as long as I can remember. I read everything I could get my hands on to learn. My family members are avid reads, a place where the older children read to the younger and our weekly challenge is to finish books addition to our studies per week. We were told not to depend on our educational system to tell what we needed to know, as per my father.

I had friends from England when I lived in Germany and they just wanted me to talk because they loved my accent.

The British were the colonizers who came to this land, which was once called, Turtle Island, by the Indigenous peoples. These were the people conquered and enslaved, not the West Africans written about in our text books. We were taught early that America was discovered by, Christopher Columbus, a Spanish explorer, which was a lie...We speak English not Spanish, clearly proving we were conquered by the British. Our people did not write these textbooks, so our real history as a people of many complexions, hair textures, and complex societies was deliberately left out of our history books. This was how they indoctrinated us into believing we were inferior and second class. But in actuality we were once the dominate people of this land collaborating with African nations to build pyramids and highly structured societies.

Aida, some of us African Americans are beginning to learn and understand the history of our brothers and sisters from the Caribbean, Britain, France, Africa, and even Latin America. I have said many times to other African Americans during Black History Month to not just focus on our history in the U.S., because our people have history in other countries as well and we can't forget about them, their history and their struggles. We are still making history today, because there are many Africans in the Republic of China who are struggling too. Did you know that? Many countries in Africa have made deals with the Chinese government. China is slowly taking over Africa. I think as one people we should be concerned for all our peoples history and struggles around the world. Also, I think we should keep a close eye on China and what they are doing in Africa.

Aida, Thank you for the book suggestions. Knowledge is power.

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

I just came back from the UK and a drunk blk guy got on the tube & started talking racial rubbish ..... then he said "The queen is a German!" and some white guys yells "HEY!" like shut that nonsense up. So now I'm like uh oh.... so now it's our stop & we get off, the last thing I hear is a lady scream & I run back to see what happen & the guy is laid out on the ground struggling to get up. They literally threw him off the train. I was like "WOW!"