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		NoraCodes 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Dev... There have been people of West African descent in England since the early medieval period.

gritten 29 days ago [2 more]

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NoraCodes 28 days ago | [–]

How can you possibly define "native Brit" in a way that includes, say, Saxons, but excludes West Africans who immigrated in the 1200s, without simply saying "people with light skin"? Or is 1066 your cutoff? Why?

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