| Description | Tracks 1 - 14: Actuality with two mixed-race young Londoners from the East End, Mohammed Ali and Keith Bennett, and Charles Parker. Ali speaks about how he is challenged on not appearing English by white Londoners, including in his place of work. Bennett talks about a white man that he works with that self-identifies as a black person as he is from the West Indies. He talks about how his mixed parentage is treated as a curiosity by some white people. The two discuss how they were not conscious of racism as children, and how they gradually became aware of their difference. The young men talk about racism and tensions in Tower Hamlets. They discuss the class system with reference to middle-class people moving to Stepney and rebuilding in the area. Mrs Bennett (Keith's mother) joins the conversation in track 7 to speak about the apparent 'sordid' reputation of the Cable Street area. She compares the East End and West End of London and talks about how working-class people are marginalised. The two young men discuss slang and 'standard' English. They discuss identity and what factors bind people together as a group or community. Mrs Bennett and her son discuss gender differences.
Total: 32.48 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0102380 |