A: Mm, mm, and what about the ethnic background of your parents, can you tell me a little bit about that? E: So, my mum, is [pause] English, and, so, as far as we know White English mum just, one hundred per cent English, and then, my dad, is Englishness and whiteness as Association with whiteness and one and the same Englishness [pause] half Jamaican and half English. So, my dad dad’s English as whiteness Dad mixed Jamaican and English English as whiteness came, over from Jamaica when, he was eighteen to work on Grandad from Jamaica the railway, and then met my mumma whose, white English, E’s family history as mixed Grandma from England-white British and then, had my dad. E’s dad as mixed E’s Dad the product of a mixed relationship A: Mmhmm. What does he, does he say anything about that or what it was like when he was growing up? E: Er yeah, my dad, has got a lot of stories about [pause] Hearing about dad’s childhood when growing up because my dad, is from this town as well always lived he’s E’s family connection with E’s dad growing up in the same place hometown Geographical connection between E’s family and her hometown here, erm, yeah my [pause] used to have a lot, well, dad’s some, some of the racist boys used to say to him oh you’re Racism as experienced in Difficulty in talking about the racism generations of E’s family dad experienced Dad experiencing racism Dad’s childhood experiences of racism alright, like one of us, if they were, being cause you’re, you’re Mixedness as creating Dad being treated as one of the white different racist experiences children Dad’s mixedness as ‘passing’ in some situations as a child horrible to, say a full black person or, my erm, my Grandpa E’s dad’s whiteness as Levels of understanding blackness-
A: Mm, mm, and what about the ethnic background of your parents, can you tell me a little bit about that? E: So, my mum, is [pause] English, and, so, as far as we know White English mum Englishness and whiteness as one and the same just, one hundred per cent English, and then, my dad, is Association with whiteness and Englishness English as whiteness [pause] half Jamaican and half English. So, my dad’s dad Dad mixed Jamaican and English English as whiteness came, over from Jamaica when, he was eighteen to work on Grandad from Jamaica E’s family history as mixed the railway, and then met my mumma whose, white English, Grandma from England-white British E’s dad as mixed and then, had my dad. E’s Dad the product of a mixed relationship A: Mmhmm. What does he, does he say anything about that or what it was like when he was growing up? E: Er yeah, my dad, has got a lot of stories about [pause] Hearing about dad’s childhood when growing up E’s family connection with hometown because my dad, is from this town as well he’s always lived E’s dad growing up in the same place Geographical connection between E’s family and her hometown here, erm, yeah my dad’s [pause] used to have a lot, well, Racism as experienced in generations of E’s family some, some of the racist boys used to say to him oh you’re Difficulty in talking about the racism dad experienced Dad experiencing racism Dad’s childhood experiences of racism Mixedness as creating different racist experiences alright, cause you’re, you’re like one of us, if they were, being Dad being treated as one of the white children Dad’s mixedness as ‘passing’ in some situations as a child E’s dad’s whiteness as horrible to, say a full black person or, my erm, my Grandpa Levels of understanding blackness-
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