Part 2:Racism in all its forms We discuss her point about overt racism further in comparison to todays covert racism and further discuss institutional racism: Lela: There was quite a lot of not overt racism (referring to her experience growing up) so I remember one incident, we went to one catholic primary and secondary school… one of the girls whose name I remember distinctly … called my a (N word) in the playground and I remember one of the teachers slapped her when found out and again because in those days … it was permitted really. That actually did make a positive difference for me because that said that someone would stand up for you, and that it would be a teacher made it tolerable to turn up in school rather than not want to go.
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Where were you born, and if born outside of the UK, when did you arrive in the UK?
Lela: I was born in what was at the time Biafra but I, no it was Nigeria where I was born actually, and it became Biafra so it’s a long story but I was born in Nigeria. I came here when I was, back and forth a little bit to start with, and then came when I was seven years old with my mum and my three siblings... there was a war, we were refugees, dad was here (UK) already and so... we had to leave and came here Interview with Zainab Jones
Where were you born? I was born in Sierra Leone. When did you arrive in the UK? I arrived in 1970. |
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