Black Britain’s Caribbean-to-African Shift

Updated: 2025.10.08 13D ago 1 sources
Britain’s black population has quietly flipped from Caribbean‑led to African‑led over the past two decades. Caribbeans fell from about half of England and Wales’s black population (2001) to roughly a quarter today, while Africans rose to about 62%, reshaping cultural signifiers, public faces, and political narratives like Windrush. — This demographic turnover alters who defines 'black British' identity and undermines static Windrush‑centered myths used in immigration debates.

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Why the Right mythologises Windrush
Ralph Leonard 2025.10.08 100% relevant
The article cites ONS trends (white British 95%→75%; black Caribbean share ~50%→~25% while Africans rise to ~62%) and notes new cultural markers (e.g., Bukayo Saka, Kemi Badenoch) supplanting earlier Caribbean icons.
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