Black British

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Black British refers to UK residents of African or Caribbean descent, encompassing a diverse cultural and ethnic community shaped by histories of migration, colonialism, and contemporary British life.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demographic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
social identity ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham ⓘ
Brixton ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Notting Hill Carnival ⓘ
Tottenham ⓘ
citizenshipStatus may hold British citizenship ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalInfluence British literature ⓘ
British music ⓘ
British sport ⓘ
British television ⓘ
UK hip hop ⓘ
grime music ⓘ
reggae in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAncestry African descent ⓘ
Caribbean descent ⓘ
hasComponent Black African ⓘ
Black Caribbean ⓘ
Other Black ⓘ
hasIssue police racism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
racial discrimination in the United Kingdom ⓘ
socioeconomic inequality ⓘ
hasMovement Black British civil rights movement ⓘ
Black British feminism ⓘ
Black Lives Matter in the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalContext Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
post-war migration to the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableMigrationWave Windrush generation ⓘ
partOf ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom ⓘ
recognizedBy Office for National Statistics ⓘ
UK census ⓘ
relatedConcept African diaspora ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean ⓘ
Caribbean diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean peoples

race and ethnicity in the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Rastafari ⓘ
non-religious ⓘ
selfIdentification people who identify as both Black and British ⓘ
usedIn United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White British → oftenContrastedWith → Black British ⓘ
John Barnes → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Errol Christie → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Afro-Canadians → relatedGroup → Black British ⓘ
Afro-Dutch → subgroupOf → Black Europeans ⓘ
linked to: Black British
Roger Robinson → movement → Black British literature ⓘ
linked to: Black British
Paul Gilroy → researchInterest → Black British culture ⓘ
linked to: Black British
Mary Prince → influenced → Black British literature ⓘ
linked to: Black British
Andrea Levy → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Karla Crome → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Aston Merrygold → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Alex Lanipekun → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Black → hasRelatedIdentity → Black British ⓘ
Clive Sullivan → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
1981 Brixton riot → ethnicGroupInvolved → Black British community ⓘ
linked to: Black British
Harry Edward → ethnicGroup → Black British ⓘ
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race → mainSubject → Black British history ⓘ
linked to: Black British