Black as folk

 

BBC says that Black women were overrepresented among 14th century plague victims in England. But how did the BBC reach that conclusion? How could they possibly know what human remains from the period question come from Black Africans (presumably a small community in 14th century England anyhow)? 

Well, it turns out that the study they cite...measured skulls. 

So "race" is a social construct...except when it isn´t! Or except when BBC does the social constructing for you.