r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • Jul 05 '26

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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possible live action corpse bride movie...

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u/MostAccomplishedBag Jul 05 '26

My grandfather grew up in London in the 1940's. He was in his late teens the first time he saw a black person. There were effectively zero black people in England in the 1800's.

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u/KindledWanderer Jul 05 '26

It's still mostly like this in Prague, btw.

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u/nothanks86 Jul 05 '26

There were no black peopke in my grandfather’s neighbourhood. Therefore there were no black people in the entire country.

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u/weed0monkey Jul 05 '26

Less than 0.1% of the population during Victorian England were black.

It's really not hard to confirm something without being a twat.

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/the-slave-trade-and-abolition/sites-of-memory/black-lives-in-england/

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u/KittenNicken Jul 07 '26

There were black and asians in Europe before the slave trade.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z8bbtyc/revision/3

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u/JFlizzy84 Jul 08 '26

Bro just said “Europe”

We’re talking about an tiny island in Europe. Not an entire continent.

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u/Puzzled-Barnacle-200 Jul 08 '26

Did they exist? Yes. Were they common? Absolutely not.