| Description | Jeff McNish, from Wolverhampton, talks to Dilip Hiro.
Tracks 1-3: He talks about the discrimination he and his friends experienced while they were looking for flats in Wolverhampton. He talks about black people not being able to get clerical jobs.
Track 4: He says that although he is a qualified chiropodist, he is not able to get a shop or practise with a white chiropodist. He discusses whether it's better for people to be honest about prejudice or to hide it. Dilip Hiro asks about Enoch Powell's speech: he says he would only be able to make this speech in a 'white man's country', 2.48 mins
Track 5: They talk about the English language and English names and talk about black people taking African names. He says that black people's culture has been destroyed and say that English people say that black people can never fit in without thinking that black people might not want to be like them, 2.56 mins
Track 6: He talks about the slave trade. He asks Dilip Hiro about 'Rhodesia' and talks about African leaders in 'Rhodesia', 2.29 mins
Track 7: He talks about working as a chiropodist and says it is difficult for a black man to get a shop because black people are charged more. He says that he would have liked to have worked as a hotel waiter and be promoted to manager but he could not get a job. He says he does not want a menial job, 2.39 mins
Track 8: He talks about looking for jobs in Wolverhampton and says that the pubs would not serve him. He got a job in a factory and taught English men the job who then went on to be supervisors. He says that there are no 'coloured' supervisors in his firm, 2.48 mins
Track 9: He says that he sometimes regrets coming to Britain and he feels homesick. He says that there is nowhere to go for recreation and there are no clubs. He says that black people cannot set up clubs in Wolverhampton. He talks about the differences between London and the Midlands. He talks about landlords putting up signs saying 'no black' and not answering the door to black people, 2.42 mins
Track 10: He talks about occasionally visiting white people's homes and having them to visit. He says some white people will only ask a black person to visit at night so that their neighbours cannot see. He talks about white workmates ignoring him on the street, 1.50 mins
Track 11: He talks about Christianity in Jamaica and Britain. He talks about hypocritical Christianity in Britain and the Bible, 3.16 mins
Track 12: He says that he used to be a hotel waiter in Montego Bay. He talks about farming in Jamaica and describes changes in Jamaica since independence. He talks about black people's contribution to Britain, 2.38 mins
Total: 31.49 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0559080 |