Why go from the individual to the entire race, from the singular to the group, from the guilty to the innocent? We know why. That is how racism works. That is racism in action. David Olusoga Read Quote
The OBE, CBE and MBE are among the ways Britain honours its citizens for their contribution to national life. I wish we had agreed on a different form of words, but we haven’t and the decision to change the system is above my pay grade. David Olusoga Read Quote
In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the war through the prism of national mythology. David Olusoga Read Quote
Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response. David Olusoga Read Quote
From daycare to graduation, our education system stacks the odds against the poor. Predicted grades is just one of many hurdles that are set a little higher for those whose parents do not have the money to smooth their path in life or the inside knowledge of how the system works. David Olusoga Read Quote
Each year when the A-level results come out, thousands of students and their families settle down to deal with the implications – positive or otherwise – of the fact that their actual grades differ from those they had predicted by their schools. David Olusoga Read Quote
I disagreed with my teachers on pretty much everything, including what grades I was going to get at A-level. I was sure I’d pass, they were convinced I’d fail. David Olusoga Read Quote
Along with never having got round to writing down our constitution and having a monarch who legally owns all the swans, one of the things that makes the UK a bit of an outlier is our university admissions system. David Olusoga Read Quote
Britain went to war in 1939 in the name of freedom and democracy, but fielded armies within whose ranks were black and brown men who were regarded and often treated as second-class citizens. David Olusoga Read Quote
