Looking at the experience of black Britons through an American lens
This reminds me of when I was in San Diego in 2000.  A neighbour (African American) told me how in the early 90s he was in Sydney and decided to see how he could support the "people of colour".  He went to Redfern and found that all the dark people were giving him the hate stare.  He found this confusing.I pointed out to him that to our Indigenous people, being coloured didn't make him a brother (usually "cousin" amongst Aboriginal Australians), in fact he was just another invader.Assumptions about colour don't always apply in different countries.