‘Ancient Scottish Natives Were Black’ Claims Taxpayer-Funded Kids’ Book In Bizarre Diversity Push

A new book – part-paid for by Scottish taxpayers – is teaching children that the original inhabitants of Scotland were black, complete with illustrations of African monks, bishops, and villagers living happily among the tattooed Picts 1,500 years ago.

Carved in Stone: A Storyteller’s Guide to the Picts declares that early medieval Scotland was “just as multicultural and diverse as today,” and its creators are now trying to shove free copies into schools and libraries to gaslight as many children as possible.

Reality check: a 2023 genetic study of actual Pictish remains (published in PLOS Genetics) found they were overwhelmingly descended from local Iron Age Britons – the same indigenous stock as modern Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish. Strong genetic continuity, zero evidence of sub-Saharan African ancestry.

In other words, the Picts were Celtic Europeans, not a 7th-century diversity poster. But facts don’t matter when you’ve got tax-payer funded “queer, marginalised, and disabled voices” on the payroll to “dispel misconceptions.”

This is the same playbook as 2023’s award-winning Brilliant Black British History, which declared black Africans built Stonehenge and Britain was “a black country for 7,000 years” before white people arrived.

When taxpayer-backed institutions prioritise radical activists and fantasists over DNA evidence, it’s not education – it’s propaganda.

Scotland’s real Pictish legacy is remarkable enough: fierce warriors, master stone-carvers, and defenders of their homeland. It doesn’t need rainbow-washing to be worth teaching.

Enough with the historical fan-fiction. Give kids facts about their history, not ideology.