‘It’s complicated.’ Black Britons react to Queen Elizabeth II death

1st statement absolutely nailed my feelings she's was an outstanding woman she will be the most adored queen. Those that can't see what she did not what the government did. She had no real power. Colonialism is a government thing not a monarch. Action.

this "news" is a fucking joke

The level of ignorance in this interview is truly unbelievable.

With refrence to "British empire's experiment of colonialism" is profoundly incorrect. British Empire practiced/practiceses clonialism for centuries and depleted the entire world by stealing their wealth in every way possible. As a result they built their nation and lives, so called advanced and civil society.

Lizzy finally did something productive.

Didn't the UK use colonialism to end slavery in a lot of places?

Before I respond to a few replies ,I first comment on how much I respect what this beautiful black polite and respectful women says.Yes it is time for morning the late queen who once reigned over a kingdom that the sun never set ,many of cruel things were done to people in order to maintain the grip on the kingdom colonies ,she may not had said what all she felt sprinking sugar over it to sweeten the facts.Yes through tradition and respect mostly good words are spoken over the dead,She gave her respect and told of her feeling which I saw nothing wrong with what she said and yes since I'm not British my feeling can be different expected but l do have respect for the British people and country as well as the late queen.I didn't like how Diana was treated among things mention by this black women and I said nothing against the late Queen of England my she rest in peace.

If it wasn't for the queen/monarchy, she wouldn't have that lovely accent.

Ofcourse our history is dark, but we shouldn't smear the future with it. Remember that the Empire and Commonwealth did a lot of good things. Britain was a spearhead in the abolishment of slavery, and also in the industrial revolution, along with its innovations moving forward.
All this is about is what people can get out of it. If it isn't, then Italy owes reparations to millions for the Roman Empire, Egypt owes millions for the slaves it owned also, so does the Ottoman Empire, along with the Greeks etc etc.

Arguably the wealthiest and most privileged person in human history was a 14th century black African Emperor called Mansa Musa. His ridiculous fortune would today be in the realms of 4-600 billion dollars. He had a personal entourage of around 12,000 slaves, wherever he went.

Shall we call on his people to pay reparations also?

There are simply too many chips on too many shoulders, and they're all fuelled by financial gains and fake outrage.

Move forward to make our futures better, don't dwell on the past to hold us back.

Queen Elizabeth ll

Queen Elizabeth ll passed away on the 8th of September, two days after, as Monarch Head of State, appointed Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain. The Queen received the new PM on the 6th, in Balmoral Castle, Scotland, with a beaming smile and a dignified posture, even at the age of 96. The same smile she had when in 1947 she was married to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 21.
With the Queen's demise the world is left with a pall of gloom. Many have mixed feelings, others recollect the bitterness of the British colonial era.
I am no fan or follower of royalty, but Queen Elizabeth ll was an epitome of royal grace and dignity. With her death, the shine of royalty mystique has become blurred.
RIP Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth ll.

Speaking as a British born minority with my roots in India, my family and myself have always loved the queen and the beautiful country we now live in. We don’t bring race up in public or in any real life situation, never play the race card or the colonial sympathy card or any rubbish like that, we’ve made a huge effort to integrate into British society and culture as everyone should. despite the racism my parents endured as recently as 40 years ago in the UK, theres no point in hanging on to such negative memories and experiences from the past.

It’s a shame that so many young spoiled British minorities are speaking up on matters of history which haven’t directly affected them. They want a world with no racism, yet bring it up all the time and try to make white people feel guilty about their lineage. I feel very sorry for the white youth of today who are reminded all the time about the past which they had nothing to do with. Good people of this day and age are very welcoming and non racist, there will always be a minority of racist people and racial instances going forward at least for another 20 years or so, perhaps forever, but that doesn’t mean we should hold resentment. Reality is now that talented white people are being overlooked in jobs across all sectors to increase diversity which I think is terrible, people with no or little experience getting senior roles in many arts based industries such as music and film simply because they are a minority/lgbtq/female or all 3 combined. This sort of movement is going to plunge the UK into decline.

Some Young Minorities today have a rancid sense of entitlement and feel things should be given to them on the basis of colonial and racist past. To those people I say fuck off back to your ancestors country if you’re so unhappy, because any minority who lives in the UK – a nation which gave our parents so many opportunities which they worked so hard to earn and to give us, their kids, the best life possible at the sacrifice of building up from the ground and enduring real racism and hardship – ought to respect the position they are in now instead of complaining and slagging off the monarchy and crying over spilt milk and petty social insecurities.

Reality is that all of these minority snowflakes wouldn’t survive in their parents countries where they would have to deal with issues on all levels, with racism being the least of their concerns. So many British minorities are weak natured and easily upset who take everything their parents worked for and everything the UK has provided them for granted, yet none of them would have the bottle or guts to go back to Nigeria or India or wherever cos they know they’d barely survive.

Change the record.

How many people died for her to be Queen?😢 HISTORY

Meanwhile in America everyone is watching the slow death of CNN.