Whitey Ford
01-28-2024, 01:36 AM
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The “very first Britons were Black”, an exhibition on the diverse history of Britain has claimed.
The Brilliant Black British History exhibition held at Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, south London, makes a range of contentious claims about British history.
Visitors are informed that “the very first Britons were Black” and that “Britain was black for 7,000 years before” white people arrived.
The assertions appear to be based on a genetic study of the 12,000-year-old remains of Cheddar Man which suggested that ancient Britons had dark skin, but the study and these claims have since been contested by academics.
The exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives, which receives funding from Lambeth council and Arts Council England, is based on the Bloomsbury children’s book Brilliant Black British History, by Atinuke, the Nigerian-born poet and author.
The first display panel in the exhibition states: “By testing DNA, scientists made an amazon discovery – the first migrants to Britain around 12,000 years ago had black skin. Yes, that’s right, the very first Britons were black!”
By scanning a QR code, visitors can listen to audio which expands on this, claiming that “the white first Britons migrated 4,500 BC years ago. Britain was Black for 7,000 years before that”.
In 2018, it was announced that a genetic study of Cheddar Man, the oldest set of human remains to have been found in Briton, suggested that “giveaway” genes meant he likely had blue eyes and a range of possible skin pigmentations from “dark to black”.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-first-britons-were-black-exhibition-on-diverse-history-claims/ar-BB1hlXM6?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=801089fdd0c5477abc60a5fb63b37e64&ei=4
The “very first Britons were Black”, an exhibition on the diverse history of Britain has claimed.
The Brilliant Black British History exhibition held at Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, south London, makes a range of contentious claims about British history.
Visitors are informed that “the very first Britons were Black” and that “Britain was black for 7,000 years before” white people arrived.
The assertions appear to be based on a genetic study of the 12,000-year-old remains of Cheddar Man which suggested that ancient Britons had dark skin, but the study and these claims have since been contested by academics.
The exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives, which receives funding from Lambeth council and Arts Council England, is based on the Bloomsbury children’s book Brilliant Black British History, by Atinuke, the Nigerian-born poet and author.
The first display panel in the exhibition states: “By testing DNA, scientists made an amazon discovery – the first migrants to Britain around 12,000 years ago had black skin. Yes, that’s right, the very first Britons were black!”
By scanning a QR code, visitors can listen to audio which expands on this, claiming that “the white first Britons migrated 4,500 BC years ago. Britain was Black for 7,000 years before that”.
In 2018, it was announced that a genetic study of Cheddar Man, the oldest set of human remains to have been found in Briton, suggested that “giveaway” genes meant he likely had blue eyes and a range of possible skin pigmentations from “dark to black”.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-first-britons-were-black-exhibition-on-diverse-history-claims/ar-BB1hlXM6?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=801089fdd0c5477abc60a5fb63b37e64&ei=4