Yes we have James. And as a country we’re all the better for it. But it’s your inability to see the whole picture that worries me. We didn’t just ‘adopt’ other cultures. We actively raped, pillaged, enslaved and destroyed some of them. That’s part of our ‘island story’ as well 1/
When you genuinely get that you then see a pattern emerge and one @DawnButlerBrent was pointing out. A trend that hasn’t stopped since slavery: predominantly white people continuing to profit from black culture (see Elvis, Vanilla Ice, Taylor Swift Etc) 2/
Jamie Oliver isn’t being wicked or mean. He’s just part of the system. But structural racism, created to justify slavery and empire, denies too many black people a fair shot at doing the same thing.That’s the issue here James and one I believe you’re in denial of 3/
