| Description | Vernon Lancet Hammond, born in Jamaica, now living in Wolverhampton, talks to Dilip Hiro.
Track 1: He talks about coming to England, working in electrical plating, and going to night school, 2.03 mins
Tracks 2-3: He talks about working at the British Motor Corporation in Longbridge. He described being attacked by a white worker and fighting back. He says that the managers dismissed him for this and the union did not help him.
Track 4: He talks about white people in Jamaica. He says he blames the leaders of the country for inequalities between English people and Jamaicans, 2.55 mins
Track 5: He talks about his early life and says he worked for his father on his farm after he left school. He says he did not know about the attitudes of people in England until he came and experienced them. He says he does not like 'social living' in England; he talks about not being served in pubs. He talks about standing up for himself, 3.38 mins
Track 6: He talks about the Rastafarians in Jamaica, who 'preach against the white man'. He talks about the history of slavery that he learnt from the Rastafarians, 4.21 mins
Track 7: He discusses his perception of Africa. He says he thinks of himself as 'a true black man'. He talks about going to church when he was a child and says he felt it was not really worshipping God, 3.48 mins
Track 8: He says he thinks that Jesus was a black man. He says that white people are afraid of death but he is glad of it. He says that black people are afraid of white people, 2.40 mins
Track 9: He talks about young people's attitudes and compares them with old people's: he says that young people are able to talk about sex and other issues. He talks about Black Power and says that white people do not like to see black people standing up for their beliefs. He says he feels that he adopts the white way of life and that black people are not united. He talks about white people not accepting black people who wear traditional clothes, 3.21 mins
Track 10: He says he does not like his name; it is a slavemaster's name. He would like to have an African or Muslim name. He talks about the colour bar. He talks about Rhodesia, 3.42 mins
Total: 30.49 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0564780 |