word meant [pause] he just got [pause] upset, more upset than, I was, about that it had happened and [pause] yeah, punched him. A: And how about all your other cousins are they black or, mixed? E: Yeah erm, so, got [pause] all my cousins on my I’ve dad’s side, are mixed race, so all got one black and one they’ve Family normality as mixed Family as largely mixed Family normality as mixed for E white parent, and then my just got one white mum’s side, I’ve cousin. A: So what, how did you find, growing up round here? E: Erm, it was [pause] it was good, erm, as I say I really, don’t look back and [pause] think that it was [pause] really racist E as minimising racism in Not seeing the racism of hometown childhood E as not acknowledging racism? town. But then, at the same time [pause] I kind of always knew Differentness as a fact for E that I was different [pause] to [pause] and, until I met, XXX, I Feeling different from others E feeling her difference as a fact, not a perception have any black friends or mixed friends it was, it didn’t wasn’t E’s school experience as a Growing up with no black/MR friends minority E’s childhood as a minority until I got to college that, I had any, mixed race or black friends E’s schooling as white Having black/MR friends later in childhood E’s childhood experience as white normality [pause] so, kind of, I guess in a sense [pause] you it’s don’t really notice it but if you got anyone the same as haven’t that’s Differentness as unconscious ‘differentness’ as not explicit but awareness always aware of it you apart from your family then, I guess it is a bit [pause] Family as isolated in Family as isolated in their mixedness differentness because, growing up and you want to, do make up and hair. E as ‘not normal’ in childhood Harder to do ‘normal’ growing up
word meant [pause] he just got [pause] upset, more upset than, I was, about that it had happened and [pause] yeah, punched him. A: And how about all your other cousins are they black or, mixed? E: Yeah erm, so, I’ve got [pause] all my cousins on my dad’s Family normality as mixed side, are mixed race, so they’ve all got one black and one Family as largely mixed Family normality as mixed for E white parent, and then my mum’s side, I’ve just got one white cousin. A: So what, how did you find, growing up round here? E: Erm, it was [pause] it was good, erm, as I say I don’t really, E as minimising racism in childhood look back and [pause] think that it was [pause] really racist Not seeing the racism of hometown E as not acknowledging racism? Differentness as a fact for E town. But then, at the same time [pause] I kind of always knew that I was different [pause] to [pause] and, until I met, XXX, I Feeling different from others E feeling her difference as a fact, not a perception E’s school experience as a minority didn’t have any black friends or mixed friends it was, it wasn’t Growing up with no black/MR friends E’s childhood as a minority E’s schooling as white until I got to college that, I had any, mixed race or black friends Having black/MR friends later in childhood E’s childhood experience as white normality [pause] so, it’s kind of, I guess in a sense [pause] you don’t Differentness as unconscious awareness really notice it but if you haven’t got anyone that’s the same as ‘differentness’ as not explicit but always aware of it Family as isolated in mixedness you apart from your family then, I guess it is a bit [pause] Family as isolated in their differentness E as ‘not normal’ in childhood because, growing up and you want to, do make up and hair. Harder to do ‘normal’ growing up
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