Saoirse Ronan - pronounced 'Seer-Sha'. In the Churchill film a few years back, an entirely fictional scene saw Churchill (Gary Oldman) ride the London Underground, during World War 2, where he met shocked ordinary Londoners and gauged their opinions, helping to frame his decision making. A historically jarring part of that was that he also talked to a black Londoner, aleo casually sharing his opinion. While London has had immigration and multiculturalism for centuries, owing to its Empire and Colonialism history, that scene was still jarring, as Black Britons weren't a particularly prominent reality until the so-called Windrush generation, as I understand it, long after that period had ended. Indeed, right through to the late 70s, signs saying "No dogs. No blacks. No Irish." were still commonplace at many businesses across Britain, such was the disdain for black people (and we Irish), who were regarded as inferior undesirables As such, seeing a black Tube passenger talking to Churchill seemed more than a reach - the societal pressures on non-whites in Britain at the time were crushing, and it seemed very out of place in the film. If you're going to make something that's period-set, make it as accurate as possible to then, I think, including any ugly realities of the time. Otherwise, you're being a bit disingenuous to the truth.
The Battle of Bamber Bridge happened in northern England during WW2. When American troops stationed their got upset over the fact that there was no segregation. The Americans were not happy about having to share the same spaces as black people. The UK did not have segregation.
How do we learn from history is we just change it to fit our current narrative, nice video brother
Lol changing history.
Saoirse Ronan - pronounced 'Seer-Sha'. In the Churchill film a few years back, an entirely fictional scene saw Churchill (Gary Oldman) ride the London Underground, during World War 2, where he met shocked ordinary Londoners and gauged their opinions, helping to frame his decision making.
A historically jarring part of that was that he also talked to a black Londoner, aleo casually sharing his opinion.
While London has had immigration and multiculturalism for centuries, owing to its Empire and Colonialism history, that scene was still jarring, as Black Britons weren't a particularly prominent reality until the so-called Windrush generation, as I understand it, long after that period had ended.
Indeed, right through to the late 70s, signs saying "No dogs. No blacks. No Irish." were still commonplace at many businesses across Britain, such was the disdain for black people (and we Irish), who were regarded as inferior undesirables
As such, seeing a black Tube passenger talking to Churchill seemed more than a reach - the societal pressures on non-whites in Britain at the time were crushing, and it seemed very out of place in the film.
If you're going to make something that's period-set, make it as accurate as possible to then, I think, including any ugly realities of the time. Otherwise, you're being a bit disingenuous to the truth.
Ah okay I see, thanks for that
The Battle of Bamber Bridge happened in northern England during WW2. When American troops stationed their got upset over the fact that there was no segregation. The Americans were not happy about having to share the same spaces as black people. The UK did not have segregation.
woke garbage
Not woke just bc you see a couple of black people in a movie