The Black Spy Podcast

Critical Thinking - Black History Month Special

Season 6 Episode 0005

This week the Black Spy looks at Britain's Black History Month, which he helped create, and asks where its gone wrong!

Carlton argues that Britain's Black month is too 20th century centric, it does not attempt to educate all Britain's about the total historic Black past and that it concentrates on the UK and the US in isolation.

Does not educate Black and other citizens about the true Caribbean connection.

Seemingly sees Slavery as a starting point for Black history.

Does not make anything of the major connections between people of colour and Britain in Roman times, post Roman times, in the Morrish era and its connection with Britain, and throughout the centuries how blacks have been totally assimilated into Britain.

Moreover, Black History Month lacks any connection with other Black European histories, plus it still peddles the belief that Black people arrived in Britain with the Windrush in 1948. This view of the Black presence, in correct view of Black  people in Britain, obliterates the contribution Black soldiers military men have made in two world wars and indeed all Britain’s conflicts since at least the mid 17th century.

He also mentions that Black history month makes zero attempt to cover the years of Black World leadership through Ancient Egypt, Greece, particularly Crete and Black people’s presence and leadership in what is the present day Middle East, India and Pakistan and connections with China and Central and South America, pre and post Slavery

Finally Carlton argues that there is no attempt to define Black. Or to establish who has a right to decide who is Black.