Yes, it does. Really it does.
TV historian David Olusoga said racism in broadcasting left him clinically depressed.
The Civilisations presenter said it is ‘lonely’ as a black person in the television industry and he has often been left feeling ‘patronised and marginalised’ throughout his career.
I tried watching this man’s series about the house in Bristol. I got about fifteen minutes into the first episode. It was typical racemongering tedium about the transatlantic slave trade from a man who is a one-trick pony. If he has been that oppressed, then why is he still here? He works in broadcasting which is an example of privilege that most of us never get to enjoy. So excuse me if my sympathy is limited*
‘I’ve come close to leaving this industry on several occasions. And I know many black and brown people who have similar stories to tell.’
Well piss off, then. No one is stopping you. No one is forcing you to stay if it is that awful working with a Biased Broadcasting Corporation, that openly discriminates against white males in favour of privileged minority nonentities such as you. I won’t be watching any of your tedious, second rate, blatantly biased garbage again, so I won’t notice, except that the background whine might go, for which I’ll be mildly grateful.
*Non existent.
Shhh. Be quiet. Strain your ears. And if you listen really hard, you can hear the sound of today’s second tiniest violin being played. The tiniest is, of course, being played for Abu Hamza in the previous article…
Yeah, really sad that one was. I almost shed a tear.
Okay, I lied there.
The Civilisations presenter said it is ‘lonely’ as a black person in the television industry
Followed by
And I know many black and brown people who have similar stories to tell.’
Huh?
Can’t even keep the narrative consistent for a whole interview/article…
Consistency, or the lack of it is the one constant that you can rely upon with these race mongering types.
This guy is a very second rate historian and only has come to prominence because he is black.
I think you may be a tad generous there with second rate.
I agree LR !!!
As the BBC puts vociferous minorities on a pedestal, giving them a platform from which to harangue and harass the vast majority of us, one cannot but admire their efficiency in the way they continue to tick the non-white and non-intelligent boxes simultaneously.
Some would add that there is a reason for that, but clearly they can’t be right because IQ tests are racist…or something.
Indeed.
In the 18th century I believe there was something of a vogue for having the odd black servant, bedecked in the requisite finery. They would perform servant tasks for the entertainment of their masters. Amusing and exotic pets for the nobs to play one upmanship with.
If this “historian” (and all the such other “BAME” “academics” and actors appearing as Vikings, Tudor ambassadors, Dickens characters or whatever) had an atom of self awareness or self respect, they would realise that this is all they are.
I’m happy to take anybody on their merits, just demonstrate some.
Or maybe I’m being unfair. He does realise what he is, which is why he’s so angry. He doesn’t really hate white people, he hates himself.
Perhaps Mr Olusoga as an historian and presenter, could make a series on the North African slave trade, as mentioned elsewhere on the blog, where whole villages on the South coast of England were kidnapped into slavery; how the American government paid the slave traders not to attack their ships, after which, the Muslim pirates took the money and continued attacking American ships (that word ‘taqquiya’ certainly came in handy), or how, in 1501, The entire population of the island of Gozo ended up in the slave markets as goods to be sold. Won’t hold my breath.
The sack of Baltimore in 1632 where all the villagers were taken and it became a ghost town. Where English fishing fleets refused to set to sea for fear of being taken. The men were set to work in galleys or hard labour and the women were raped – oh, sorry, kept as concubines.
But that doesn’t fit the narrative of whitey the oppressor. Olusoga has more privilege than I could ever hope for, so his pitiful self-righteous whining falls on deaf ears here.
And how many people would know of these things if these infantilised, self hating grifters could just keep their rancid holes shut?
As many have said, this is one of the best, if not the best, countries on earth to be black. If, in 20 or 30 years it isn’t, well, we’ll all know why.
Perhaps mr Olusoga could tell us why from medieval times until the 18C the Mediterranean coasts of Latin Europe were mostly unpopulated and what happened to the graves of Sts Peter and Paul that had once been in the Vatican?