Britain: Blacks Replaced by Pakistanis for Black History Campaign

A UNIVERSITY student union has apologised after facing a backlash for using Zayn Malik and Sadiq Khan as two of the high-profile faces to front its Black History Month campaign.

Kent Union came under fire on social media for picking the One Direction star and the London Mayor, with students and critics pointing out that neither is black and both come from British Pakistani families.

Among those to raise concerns was Black History Month UK, which tweeted: "Deeply disappointed at @KentUnion's ill thought and misdirected Black History Month celebrations."

In a second tweet it said: "With Asian Heritage Month being observed by a growing number of countries in May, will Black icons be celebrated by Kent University then?"

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