As a result, black Britain is highly ethnically heterogenous, and most black Brits are first- and second-generation immigrants. Even though some housing estates and neighbourhoods have a significance black presence, black Britons still always live cheek-by-jowl with other ethnic groups. For instance, as Owolade points out, black Africans generally attain better educational results than black Caribbeans and poor whites. It is hard for us to appreciate how intensely racist British society was not that long before we were born. For Owolade, black Brits are British first and black second.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2023 22:49 UTC