What do we mean by decolonising the British countryside?

When I was a kid, my mum and I were often the only Black people in a small village or hamlet – places which are still so white that you have to choose whether you laugh, or treat it as cause for concern.

There’s this unspoken assumption that the countryside is for white people. Black and brown people belong in cities.

Existing in these spaces has not always been easy, and that’s because of the long history of colonialism which contributes to the idea that these spaces are only for the white middle class.

What do we mean by decolonising the British countryside?