Who is being represented?
What is being represented?
How is the representation constructed? (communicated?)
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Task 6
On a whole this radio broadcast is representing the Black British culture in a proud and brilliant way, the people who they interview are proud to be black British along with their oin countries cultures they appear very patriotic about their culture, it seems that there culture is very important to them.
The Culture in general is what is being represented in this broadcast as they talk about how they are proud of who they are
How is the representation constructed?
Task 4
WindRush notes
Part 1
The Britain of 50 yrs ago was a very different place, in 1948 it was still counting the costs in the victory of world war 2.
It was a country which was almost exclusively white.
Half-million West indies immigrated to Britain
Rascally discriminated
The West Indians were brought up to believe that Britain was there mother country.
The West Indians were proud to fight for the British in World War 2.
Part 2
250 Trinidad soldiers alone and 52 were killed during the war.
West Indians became especially popular as musicians and singers.
With the war ended the attitude from the British towards the West Indians changed abruptly
When soldiers returned to the West Indies were shocked how it had changed
Common wealth citizen could not be turned away from Britain
Part 3
The West Indians docked at Tilburry Harbour Essex June 21st 1948
When they arrived they felt lost and un certain
They settled were ever there was work such as the west midlands
The Conservative came up with a solution for getting Wind rush immigrants by gives them unwanted jobs
A second wave of Wind rush immigrant migraged to the UK in the 50's, there were about a quarter of a million of them.
Part 4
When they arrived they were amazed
The thought it would be better than it was
‘Keep Britain white’
Had typical stereotypes
They wanted to go home
Part 5
Room were available but not for black people
Accommodation was terrible
Part 6
Black people were scared of white people and carried around weapons to protect themselves
White people attack black people and called it black burring
Fights and riots happened
Part 7
They smashed window and used petrol bombs
Mosley supported Hitler!
Would be attacked if you apposed him
Police were taking sides
Black people started to fight back
They killed a black men for no reason at all
Part 8
White people thought violence had to stop
They accused mosley for the killing
People turned against mosley
West Indians started to feel better
Blues were introduced ‘blues party’
Ska music became popular
Part 9
Caribbean music became popular in the night club scene
White women became attracted to black men
Christine Kealer was shot at by John Edgecome
Part 10
They started to put down permanent roots
Martin Luther king become popular
Black people weren’t aloud on buses
A year and a half to introduce a race law
Malcolm x and Michael x
Part 11
Michael x went to prison for 11 months for saying if you see a black man with a white women kill him
Michael x went missing which he later turned up in Trinidad
Part 12
Powell made up lies and was sacked
Tories were split because of immigration
Petitions were signed day in and day out
Black family were scared to go outside after Powell’s speech
the country became split
Part 13
Fire started killing 13 black children
Resistance to black people was growing
They wouldn’t put up with racism
Conflict between black youth and the police
Police raided one restaurant 5 times for nothing
Part 14
Police used to beat black kids with no reason to
Police had stupid excuses for searches and arrests
Blacks were arrested 50 times more than white people
Part 15
Riots happened against police
Bob Marley music offered salvation
Red gold and green
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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