Black British people

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Black British people, also referred to as Black Britons, are British people of Sub-Saharan African descent. The term Black British developed in the 1950s, referring to the migrant populations from the former British colonies in the West Indies (sometimes referred to as the Windrush Generation) and West Africa, though it had been used to describe earlier populations from West Africa. The term black has historically had a number of applications as a racial and political label. It may also be used in a wider sociopolitical context to encompass a broader range of non-European ethnic minority populations in Britain, though this usage has become less common over time. Black British is one of several self-designation entries used in official UK ethnicity classifications, with three main sub self-designation entries: "Black African", "Black Caribbean", or "other Black". However, many people still choose to self-identify as more specific ethnic or national groups such as British Nigerian or British...

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