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  • Our national history cannot be national if, in the near future, one in three young adults feels their stories remain untold, if this country's long global history of empire and interconnections is marginalised and if the historical reality of race is rendered almost invisible.
    - David Olusoga
  • The refusal to accept that the black presence in Britain has a long and deep history is not just a symptom of racism, it is a form of racism. It is part of a rearguard and increasingly unsustainable defence of a fantasy monochrome version of British history.
    - David Olusoga
  • Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping out of the way.
    - David Olusoga
  • Excusing or downplaying British racism with comparisons to the US is a bad habit with a long history.
    - David Olusoga
  • The nation of 2019, exponentially wealthier, appears to have a fraction of its former self-belief and little faith in its capacity to solve the latest in a long line of housing crises that stretch back to the 18th century.
    - David Olusoga
  • Everyone is happy for the history of slavery to be investigated so long as the investigation examines the parts in which we look good.
    - David Olusoga