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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

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The statue of Edward Colston, slave trader of the Royal African Company, has been toppled by crowds in the centre of Bristol.

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The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history.

The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history | David Olusoga

The slave trader’s figure loomed over Bristol for 125 years. Now a multiracial protest has achieved what past campaigns couldn’t, says historian and broadcaster David Olusoga

www.theguardian.com

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I'm very moved that Paul remembers me and my sister from school. And still grateful for him sticking up for us, all those years ago.

Paul Gascoigne 'had to stand up for' TV historian after racist school attack

EXCLUSIVE The England legend, 53, recalls how he refused to stand by when he saw David Olusoga being picked on and abused by bigoted bullies in the school playground

www.mirror.co.uk

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9 months

In the hope that it helps me get onto next years list can I just point out the lack of diversity in this year's Daily Mail Woke List.

David Yelland

@davidyelland

9 months

Some might say being on the Mail on Sunday’s Woke List is far lovelier than being on the Rich List. Badge of honour?

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David Olusoga

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4 years

They're not a lynch mob. He's not real. He's made of bronze. The real Colston died at home 299 years ago, a very old man, unlike the 19,000 Africans who died on the ships of the Royal African company when he was a board member.

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3 years

You know, it's almost as if they want to distract people from their lethally failed response to the pandemic and the consequences of a disastrous Brexit?

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3 years

That’s disgusting. The ultimate false equivalence. This is why we need Public history, this is why we need holocaust remembrance.

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@Baddiel

3 years

Take. That. Off.

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@DavidOlusoga

4 years

British Museum defies Downing Street and appoints Mary Beard as trustee

Defiant British Museum appoints Mary Beard as trustee

Board approves the ‘perfect candidate’ after she was rejected by No 10 for her pro-European views

www.theguardian.com

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

2 years

But the unlawful approvals of planning decisions on behalf of billionaire Conservative party donors are fine.

Robert Jenrick

@RobertJenrick

2 years

We undermine the rule of law, which underpins our democracy, if we accept vandalism and criminal damage are acceptable forms of political protest. They aren’t. Regardless of the intentions.

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4 years

This is truly disgusting. And by the same ridiculous, twisted logic the Holocaust would not be counted as a genocide.

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@Louis_Allday

4 years

"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there?" David Starkey, one of the most widely known popular 'historians' in the UK who has been a regular fixture on TV and other media for decades.

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3 years

The poisonously patronising Sewell report is historically illiterate | David Olusoga

It condemns young people for doing exactly what it claims to support – exploring their ancestors’ contributions to British history, says historian David Olusoga

www.theguardian.com

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@DavidOlusoga

4 years

And there might be a reason why I'm always 'banging on' about the past; I'm a historian you Muppet!

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2 years

UK’s Brexit losses more than 178 times bigger than trade deal gains

Exclusive: All trade deals combined worth less than 50p per person a year, analysis of government figures shows

www.independent.co.uk

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David Olusoga

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3 years

This is a really big deal.

Berlin's plan to return Benin bronzes piles pressure on UK museums

British Museum and Pitt Rivers under pressure to hand back sculptures looted from Nigeria

www.theguardian.com

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David Olusoga

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4 years

I'm half white working class - that's my heritage. The issues that affect you affect me and my family. Look at how many white people are part of BLM. This is about racists and anti-racists - not black and white.

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@pinewood34

4 years

@DavidOlusoga I feel like the enemy for being working class and white . Im sorry 😔

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4 years

Well, this weekend's racism has got off to a bright start. A strong first touch there from Norman, but it's still early days with everything to play for. We've got some mental conspiracy theories to look forward over the weekend and, as ever, some racial slurs. Join me later...

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I began today with trolls telling me I was making a false comparison with the US and that there is no racism here in Britain. Proving the nonexistence of racism in Britain through the medium of racism was always an ambitious strategy...

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4 years

I've tried to write the book I wish I had been given to read when I was at school. A new junior edition our October 1st. With every copy sold a donation goes to @CurriculumBlack

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Meghan and Harry’s documentary has hit the raw nerve of tabloid prejudice

Meghan and Harry’s documentary has hit the raw nerve of tabloid prejudice | David Olusoga

I was an interviewee in the Netflix series. The scale and fury of the backlash to the comments on race and royals is revelatory

www.theguardian.com

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If I had done A levels in 2020 there's no way I'd have been able to go to university, as there's no way this system would have predicted the grades I got. Exams allow disadvantaged kids to overcome school's and society's low expectations. This is unjust.

England A-level downgrades hit pupils from disadvantaged areas hardest

Analysis also shows pupils at private schools benefited most from algorithm

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

That would work if the salad was indeed named after Julius Cease rather than Caesar Cardini, a restaurant owner in prohibition era America. Yet again a valiant attempt at a bit of racism is undermined by a lack of basic research. It's almost as if you guys don't read much?

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It's been an incredible day of racism, with some strong performances all around. But in the end there can only be one winner, and so the title Racist Of The Day, 7 June 2020, goes to...

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@SeenKyle88

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@FrancaisFarage @Nigel_Farage @DavidOlusoga David Olusogo is an African. His opinions on anything relating to Britain or Europe are completely irrelevant. He is an invader who doesn't belong in our land. And no, black lives don't matter and they never did. Only white lives matter.

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Four cleared of toppling Edward Colston statue

BLM protesters cleared over toppling of Edward Colston statue

Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, Sage Willoughby and Jake Skuse found not guilty over act of public dissent during Bristol protest

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

Imagine being black in Bristol in 2020 and this is your councillor. This is who you're supposed to go to when you need help? A man who thinks a lampooning representation of black people is just a bit of fun and that a mass murderer is a hero. via @MetroUK

Edward Colston was 'a hero' says golliwog-loving Bristol councillor

The Conservative politician labelled the toppling of slave trader Colston's statue 'frenzied thug violence'.

metro.co.uk

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4 years

I went to school with Paul Gascoigne. You would not say he is no longer working class because of his wealth and celebrity? So how come I lose my class identity because I've been on television and work at a University? You need to look up the definition of class identity.

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4 years

It's one month since Edward Colston was toppled. Millions have since learnt when and why the statue was put there. And who Colston was and what he did. Yet there are still people pretending that his statue somehow represented history. I'll keep saying it - Statues are not history

Michael Walker

@michaeljswalker

4 years

Statues aren’t about history they are about adoration. This man was not great, he was a slave trader and a murderer. Historian @DavidOlusoga brilliantly explains why BLM protestors were right to tear down the statue of Edward Colston.

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4 years

Good of you to let me know. I'll pass on the news to the millions of people who have watched my programmes and the thousands who have bought my books. Thank you random racist guy on Twitter, good to know I can always rely on you.

John How

@JohnHow58684373

4 years

@DavidOlusoga I can assure you the vast majority are not interested in "black history". Get over it.

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I struggle to be reassured when I'm told that the racism being hurled at black people online is from bots. So I shouldn't worry. Isn't that another way of saying 'don't worry, but by the way there's an army of racist robots out there?' I'm not finding that very comforting.

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4 years

OK, so Leeds here we come! Any ideas where we should look to find our house?

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4 years

ICYMI: @BBCTwo ’s award-winning history show #AHouseThroughTime is confirmed for a fourth series, with @DavidOlusoga heading to #Leeds in 2021:

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“We have a statue of someone who made their money by throwing our people into water...and now he’s on the bottom of the water.” - Marvin Rees, elected Mayor of Bristol via @krishgm

“We have a statue of someone who made their money by throwing our people into water…and now he’s on...

One man who knows all about the controversy surrounding the statue of Edward Colston is the directly elected mayor of Bristol, Labour's Marvin Rees.

www.channel4.com

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David Olusoga

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4 years

Been asked to Tweet this again - The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history | David Olusoga

The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history | David Olusoga

The slave trader’s figure loomed over Bristol for 125 years. Now a multiracial protest has achieved what past campaigns couldn’t, says historian and broadcaster David Olusoga

www.theguardian.com

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1 year

Thank You BAFTA!

BAFTA

@BAFTA

1 year

We're excited to share that Professor David Olusoga OBE will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the #BAFTATVAwards with @pandocruises . David has had a huge impact on the TV industry and society, widening perspectives on history & expanding the diversity of stories told.

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4 years

They were. In Ireland.

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@SandyfordAl

4 years

@michaeljswalker @GaryLineker @DavidOlusoga Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria weren’t exactly nice to the Irish, should their statues be taken down too?

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4 years

This is from 2018. Thanks to Intelligence Squared for retweeting.

Intelligence Squared

@intelligence2

4 years

"Statues aren't about remembering history. They are about memorialisation." @DavidOlusoga in our debate on statues in 2018 with @afuahirsch Here he speaks specifically about Edward Colston. #Bristol #colstonstatue Watch the full discussion:

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2 years

A British Prime Minister using his office to criticise the verdict of an English jury. Crude Culture War sabre rattling unashamedly deployed as an obvious distraction from the scandal of the Downing Street flat. Oh, and here's a black woman to hate.

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David Olusoga

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3 years

Literally everyday someone too lazy to read my books accuses me of ignoring the African slave traders that are explored in my books in detail. Black historians are routinely accused of being 'activists' rather than historians - an attempt at delegitimisation and a form of racism

Sarah Revela

@SREVELAINARCAD1

3 years

@DavidOlusoga Do you ever teach your students (or anyone else) about African slave traders? Slavery was and is ghastly, whoever's responsible, but it seems you are fixated on one people.

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4 years

Very pleased to be able to announce that there are going to be two new children's editions of my book Black and British. The first is published on 1 October. via @thebookseller

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Charles More is so determined to exploit this scandal to fight his culture wars he thinks the BBC interviewed me as a representative 'of ethnic minorities'. No, I'm an executive producer of the documentary and author of an award-winning book on WWI.

This war graves row shows racism claims are given more credence than real history

The report on colonial war graves was well-produced, but its potential is undermined by those who claim to represent ethnic minorities

www.telegraph.co.uk

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4 years

Thanks to everyone who has been watching A House Through Time. We're all so thrilled at the latest viewing figures. Last episode is tonight, 9pm on BBC 2

TV Zone

@tvukzone

4 years

7-DAY RATINGS Listed below are the Top-10 most watched shows on BBC Two and the Top-3 on BBC Four from 01st June - 07th June 2020. #GardenersWorld #AHouseThroughTime #Springwatch #InsideTheFactory #QI #Cardinal

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David Olusoga

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This is common now - using black leaders to silence black voices. I'm not middle-class I was brought up on a council estate, driven out of my house at 14 by the National Front. I don't make a living discussing these issues. I run a company which gives people jobs and pays taxes.

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@BBCNewsnight @DavidOlusoga BBC bookers at it again. Wtf does this middle class armchair warrior academic know about suffering - multiple guitars in a show home -what his moral authority does he have? Booker T got it right

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How has the legacy of Roman slavery affected your life chances, describe the system of prejudice invented to sustain Roman slavery that limits your opportunities? And of course your British ancestors might not have even in Britain when the Romans were here. Pathetic. Try again

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Downing Street rewrote ‘independent’ report on race, experts claim

Commissioners allege No 10 distorted their work on inequality, after conclusions played down institutional racism

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

Being opposed to slave traders is hardly a 'modern social attitude'. The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was founded in 1787. You do a disservice to the generations of British people who were fought against slavery and the slave trade.

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Wow. Thanks to everyone who has been watching A House Through Time on BBC 2. Episode three on tonight at 9 pm. No slave traders or riots this time - I promise!

TV Zone

@tvukzone

4 years

7-DAY RATINGS Listed below are the Top-10 most watched shows on BBC Two and the Top-3 on BBC Four from 25th May - 31st May 2020. #AHouseThroughTime #GardenersWorld #Springwatch #InsideTheFactory #QI #DragonsDen

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There are almost 300 ethnic groups in Nigeria. It's arguably the most diverse country in the world. If you don't want Nigerians in the UK all you need to do is go back to the 19th century and persuade the Victorians not to invade Nigeria.

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Just realised I've asked someone on Twitter if they have nothing better to do on the same day me and my brother @PeteOlusoga have been conducting a poll on which is the nations favourite flavour of Monster Munch!

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Southgate showed us a new England. But the old one hasn’t gone away David Olusoga

Southgate showed us a new England. But the old one hasn’t gone away | David Olusoga

The team gave us an insight into a modern nation. The racial abuse they received shows it won’t be an easy transition, says historian and broadcaster David Olusoga

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

New Series starting 7th September, 9pm BBC Two.

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I am loving how you call yourself 'Native to Britain' but have one of the great treasures of Anglo-Saxon history as your profile pic. You do know where Saxony is? And what the word native means? Or, are you just an angry racist in your bedroom with nothing better to do?

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This is not just dishonesty it is the planting of conspiracy theory into the arena of history. The seeding of a disingenuous claim that historians have been hiding rather than uncovering the past. That historians are an enemy within. This is dangerous.

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4 years

Thanks for watching the series. This is the book that went with it, where I had more space to explore some of the big themes of black British history.

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In the 20 years I've been writing and making programs I've never made something about the plight of working-class people and then had black people say - but what about slavery. Yet EVERY TIME I write or broadcast about slavery people like you accuse me ignoring class - EVERY TIME

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Wow! The ultimate false dichotomy - capitalism or slavery.

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4 years

I am genuinely sickened by you people today.

buzz

@BuzyBuzyBee

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@hustyns96 @Care4Calais @DavidOlusoga Nobody hates asylum seekers. It is those who think they can arrive by rubber boat to avoid official routes that must be stopped.

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This is the book I wrote to go with this series. #BlackAndBritish A forgotten history. @BBCFOUR

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There's a book that accompanies the series Black and British, with all the stories we didn't have time to tell on TV.

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There is a real cold flippancy in comparing a slave trader, complicit in the deaths of an estimated 19 thousand people, around 14% of them children, to a 'disgraced celebrity'.

The new Colston statue display is not impartial – it’s a partisan act

Covered in graffiti and flat on his back, the toppled effigy resembles the victim of a frenzied attack. This is not 'retain and explain'

www.telegraph.co.uk

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It's a meticulously researched book about black people who lived in the Tudor period. So I'm struggling to think of a more appropriate title? And here's my bet, you've not read a word of it. Tell me I'm wrong. I dare you I double dare you?

Rosemary_Kerr14

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@MirandaKaufmann @DavidOlusoga Black Tudors is a preposterous title. Done to sell.

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#Ad Today @GoogleUK are celebrating Ignatius Sancho with a #GoogleDoodle - Born into slavery on the deck of a slave ship - he became a servant, butler, shopkeeper, composer, an expert on theatre and probably the first African to have a work of literature published in Britain.

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Interviewing is really difficult. Looking back at any interview you regret things you said or didn't say - but that doesn't work here. Because you said Starkey is your 'hero' AFTER the interview? Now you happily throw your 'hero' under the bus - because you're not 'responsible'.

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The ‘statue wars’ must not distract us from a reckoning with racism | David Olusoga

We have fought battles over memorials before. The Black Lives Matter movement is about something more profound

www.theguardian.com

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A House Through Time has been nominated for a Grierson Award! Testimony to the brilliant team at @TwentyTwentyTV

The Grierson Trust

@griersontrust

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@channel5_tv Best Historical Documentary nominations are…

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#BlackAndBritish A forgotten history. Starts tonight on @BBCFOUR at 8:00pm

BBC Two - Black and British: A Forgotten History, First Encounters

David Olusoga explores the relationship between Britain and people of African origins.

www.bbc.co.uk

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By an incredible accident of timing tonight BBC One has this. A true story from the Windrush Scandal.

BBC One

@BBCOne

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This is the shocking true story of Anthony Bryan. Just one of the hundreds of victims at the heart of the Windrush immigration scandal. #SittingInLimbo Monday 8th June, 8.30pm @BBCOne & @BBCiPlayer

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When I wrote this people attacked me saying it was wrong to criticise Kanye because he's a genius. Now it's wrong to criticise him because he's 'mentally ill'. No matter how dangerous he becomes there's always people determined to defend him.

Kanye West’s infantile views on slavery have worrying echoes of the alt-right | David Olusoga

Claiming that slaves didn’t do enough to escape their condition is asinine babbling

www.theguardian.com

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So, medical experts say the report is "divorced from reality". Hundreds of academics say it showed a "distorted use of academic research”. Former policeman calls the consultation “Fawlty Towers-like”. Now Business chiefs say it's "laughably simplistic".

Business chiefs say their advice ignored in No 10’s race report

Enterprise section ‘laughably simplistic’ and looked to TV programme Dragons’ Den for answers

www.theguardian.com

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1 year

Ok, from now on I'll just sit at the back and avoid eye contact.

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@Kairan34093717

1 year

@BBC Ticking all the diversity boxes today, why they gave airtime to @DavidOlusoga I’m not sure 🤷🏼‍♀️ Regularly banging on about our ‘dark past’. A bit rude to constantly slag off the country that allowed you in!

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Lewis Hamilton has proved himself to be a champion who transcends sport | Joseph Harker

The Formula One driver’s campaigning for equality has brought him a status that no grand prix defeat can tarnish, says Guardian’s senior editor, diversity and development, Joseph Harker

www.theguardian.com

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BBC to air David Olusoga documentary celebrating immigrant workforce in the NHS via @MetroUK

BBC to air David Olusoga documentary celebrating immigrant workforce in the NHS

Our International NHS will air later this year.

metro.co.uk

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The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history | David Olusoga

The slave trader’s figure loomed over Bristol for 125 years. Now a multiracial protest has achieved what past campaigns couldn’t, says historian and broadcaster David Olusoga

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

So a Prime Minister with a history of using racial slurs announces an enquiry into racial injustice on the pages of the newspaper that has on its website, without comment or commentary, the full text of Enoch Powell Rivers of Blood Speech.

Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech

www.telegraph.co.uk

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The arrogance of this. You made an accusation based on no evidence, but you think I should be happy that you would be 'glad to have a look' at my books and TV programmes that you have been too lazy to research! How generous of you.

Sarah Revela

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3 years

@DavidOlusoga Can you provide links to your work on that subject? I will be glad to have a look.

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Yes. I give my time and money to a modern slavery charity. Last night they were my chosen charity an Intelligence Squared debate. If you'd bothered to do any actual research you would've also seen that I did their Radio 4 appeal. But you didn't do any research did you? Pathetic.

theartpunk

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@DavidOlusoga @KateWilliamsme Anything to say about the 13000 slaves in the UK at the moment or the 9 million in Africa

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Who would have thought that after all that a heritage organisation engaging in historical research was not breaking the law! It's almost as if the whole scandal was confected for political reasons?

National Trust report on slavery links did not break charity law, regulator says

Report on UK country houses with historic links to colonialism and slavery had set off ‘culture war’

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth I - Investor in slave trading expeditions Charles II - Share Holder in the Royal African Company James II - Govenor of Royal African Company George III - Helps delay abolition of slave trade William IV - Anti abolition/Pro slavery

On Newsmax, Nigel Farage claims the British Royal family has done more for people of color than...

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David Olusoga

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Obviously that's devastating news. But of course my real fear is that some of your 22 followers decide to do the same. We'll be holding emergency meetings later in the day to work out how to respond. In the meantime have a good time being angry.

efmb

@_efmb_

4 years

@guardian @DavidOlusoga being David Olusoga again. Any excuse to push his anti-white/UK agenda, he's made a career on it. He was rude as hell to anybody white on ITV's "Everyone is Racist" special last week. Nah, won't be watching anything he presents in the future.

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David Olusoga

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I'd love to 'go home' but sadly I've already missed the last train to Newcastle.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

5 years

My news.

UoM News

@UoMNews

5 years

Welcome @DavidOlusoga - the historian, broadcaster and film-maker has become a Professor at @officialuom @UoMhistdept #history

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David Olusoga

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Forgive me, didn't realise you knew Meghan personally, and are a qualified psychologist, and thus in a position to evaluate her personality. For a moment I thought you were just somebody banging on about someone you've never met on Twitter because you've got nothing better to do.

craftycate

@craftycate1

1 year

@DavidOlusoga 2/2 …actually damaging race relations. People like me, who don’t class ourselves as racist, start being defensive. I know it’s not her race as I was wary of her before I knew she was biracial. My two pet hates are bullies and liars, I believe she is both.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

Very profound, but sadly also bullshit.

NetZero will kill the Planet🩸

@mickhsmith

4 years

@DavidOlusoga The only person who limits their opportunities is that person them self.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

Bristol's original Colston Society to disband after 275 years

Its own members voted to end centuries of tradition

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

And you missed 'racist' out of yours.

Johnny Foxhole

@JohnnyFoxhole

4 years

@DavidOlusoga You missed 'race hustler' out of your Twitter bio.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

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It is literally my job to bang on about the past. I am literally being filmed banging on about it all day. And will spent this evening banging on about it in a book. How dumb do you have to be to complain that historians are talking about history?

mohammedali

@KingsWinners

3 years

@DavidOlusoga is any of this necessary now ? we need to look at the living in front of our eyes...not bang on about a long lost 'past' ? the only use [ distorted ] seems to be to divert attention away from real problems today

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

David just in case your 1 follower gets confused, it wasn't a lynching because that isn't Edward Colston! It's a statue. Which is why it had stood so still for 175 years and has a somewhat metallic complexion. You'll be pleased to know Colston died at home 299 years ago, ages 84.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

3 years

The classic way to prove there is no racism in Britain. Tell black people if they don't like it go and live somewhere else.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

Sorry people keep saying that - I disagree. All my life people have said 'ignore abuse', 'ignore racism' 'don't rise to the bait' 'don't fight back'. If you're looking for a definition of what this moment is about its about black people saying 'no' - we will fight back.

Amanda Fleet

@amanda_fleet1

4 years

@DavidOlusoga Don't feed the trolls...

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

And I have spent lots of time having what you call a 'hard long think about' the world wars. Which is why I am an academic advisor to the Imperial War Museum and I wrote an award winning book on the First World War. But you were too lazy to look that up before patronising me.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

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Last episode on BBC 2 tonight. 9pm

BBC Two - A House Through Time

The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

This is the incredible research behind this series. Produced by the brilliant team at the Legacies of British Slave Ownership project at the UCL. This is their incredible database that contains the names of all the slave owners at the moment of abolition.

BBC Archive

@BBCArchive

4 years

First broadcast in 2015, Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, hosted by @DavidOlusoga , is now available to watch again on @BBCiPlayer here -

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WARNING - I'm gonna keep Tweeting this as it is so extraordinary. Searching for my slave roots via @bbcnews

Searching for my slave roots

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

2 years

Hannah, have you honestly got nothing better to do than express your hate for a young couple you’ve never even met? It’s genuinely sad to see what the tabloids have done to you and people like you.

Hannah

@tariboy

2 years

@DavidOlusoga can’t help but comment about your remarks about our royal family , nothing is going to change ,we love them with or without the commonwealth,as for Harry and Meghan not once did you mention the lies they both told, which was proved,Meghan hates protocol end of .

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

On BBC Two on Saturday a documentary we made about the hidden history that led to the Windrush Scandal.

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

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Okay, that's all the time we have today, I'm afraid. I've got work to do now. So I'd like to think all the racists who took part. Thanks for your input, I'll be sending out your marks later by email. See you all next time - inevitably.

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David Olusoga

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A House Through Time series 5 comes to BBC Two with a difference | TV | TellyMix

A House Through Time series 5 comes to BBC Two with a difference

David Olusoga returns to host

tellymix.co.uk

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

Thanks! D

Beverley Knight💙

@Beverleyknight

4 years

One of my most favourite humans has been swatting away the uninformed’s silly quips on here for weeks. Day in day out. They keep coming & he rebuffs with truth, facts and mic drop responses. Professor David Olusoga, teaching us ALL aspects of British history. Like it or not. 🔥

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

FFS!

Rupert Myers

@RupertMyers

4 years

Soho now #secondwave

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

4 years

In non-structual racism news... Part 3 of A House Through Time in Bristol is on BBC 2 tonight at 9pm.

BBC Two - A House Through Time, Series 3, Episode 3

David follows the house’s history through a TB outbreak and a wartime tragedy.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

1 year

This sound familiar...?

Khaled Beydoun

@KhaledBeydoun

1 year

“When you win you’re French, but when you lose you’re Black, African and Arab.”

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David Olusoga

@DavidOlusoga

3 years

What else should black people not do in case our failures triggers racists? Shall we just sit at the back and not do anything risky, not create business, not be entrepreneurial Sorry but that is just a ridiculous argument.

Harj Gill 2020

@2020Gill

3 years

@PeteOlusoga @DavidOlusoga That added extra pressure on the black players knowing they would be racially abused for missing . Why didn't more experienced white players take them ? Southgate needs to take responsibility and has unwittingly undone all the positivity of bringing a divided nation together

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