Windrush years

 What have I learnt and what have I got from it?

PART ONE   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh8SeGmzai4

Lennie Henry spoke about how Britain has changed. How Trevor McDonald is not seen as a BLACK newsreader, but THE newsreader. It shows how Britain has developed over the years and has came to accept the Black population as British individuals. 

I found it interesting just how many people it said were to come from the West Indies after the 2nd World War. Half a million people is a huge amount, and to be completely honest, I wouldn't of expected such a huge amount of people to immigrate to one place. 

One man said about how there was a sign saying 'Rooms for rent, no niggers need apply.' This shocked me, as I didn't realise how racist it used to be back then. I know that racism still exists now, but you hardly hear of it these days.

A bit that saddened me was when a man said 'You felt like you were an intruder, and truely, you were a foreigner.' I found this sad because people shouldn't be made to feel like that. Everyone should be welcomed, and given a fair chance. It seems as though Blacks and Whites were completely seperated with the Whites dominating, and the Blacks being segregated and forced into subdueing the Whites of society.

I was surprised to see that even though many people fought against change, and allowing Blacks into a 'white' country, there were many in favour of change. In the video it showed even white people taking the side of the Black immigrants. This shows that not everyone was as racist back then, as I may have first thought.

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR

PART FIVE

PART SIX

PART SEVEN

PART EIGHT

PART NINE

PART TEN

PART ELEVEN

PART TWELVE

PART THIRTEEN

PART FOURTEEN

PART FIFTEEN