E: Erm, well my mum, tries and, brushes those kind of she’s Mum as not acknowledging Lack of response from mum to racism racism towards E Mum as not wanting to acknowledge racism things under the carpet like, well, well, ooh, it matter to doesn’t Mum as underplaying Mum not wanting to acknowledge significance of racism racism Mum as not wanting to address significance of racism erm, not upset are you. Yeah [pause] and it was like, you’re Mum as underplaying Mum not wanting E to show being emotional significance of upset at racism racism Mum not wanting to deal with potential consequences of racism well I know what it meant, so, I was like no, not upset. didn’t I’m Experiencing racism before E not upset because of lack of knowing about racism meaning to her about the word My mum really like, confrontation, so she tries and doesn’t Mum as avoiding difficulty of Mum as avoiding confrontation racism makes, everything, just [pause] not talk about issues. Mum as closed about racism Mum not wanting to talk about difficult subjects Mum as not open A: Mm, And what about your dad? E: Erm [pause] I really remember what my dad did. Erm, can’t Dad as passive in E’s Dad as passive to E’s experiences of understanding of response to racism racism it was mainly my cousin, my cousin erm, he went and erm, Parents as passive to E’s Not parents who reacted to E being experiences of racism racially abused Parents as passive to E’s experiences of racism knocked, because it was someone on this street, he went and Racism as a close feature of Proximity of the racism towards E E’s childhood E as surrounded by racism in childhood
Mum as not acknowledging racism E: Erm, well my mum, she’s tries and, brushes those kind of Lack of response from mum to racism towards E Mum as not wanting to acknowledge racism Mum as underplaying significance of racism things under the carpet like, well, well, ooh, it doesn’t matter to Mum not wanting to acknowledge racism Mum as not wanting to address significance of racism Mum as underplaying emotional significance of racism erm, you’re not upset are you. Yeah [pause] and it was like, Mum not wanting E to show being upset at racism Mum not wanting to deal with potential consequences of racism Experiencing racism before knowing about racism well I didn’t know what it meant, so, I was like no, I’m not upset. E not upset because of lack of meaning to her about the word Mum as avoiding difficulty of racism My mum doesn’t really like, confrontation, so she tries and Mum as avoiding confrontation Mum as closed about racism makes, everything, just [pause] not talk about issues. Mum not wanting to talk about difficult subjects Mum as not open A: Mm, And what about your dad? Dad as passive in E’s understanding of response to racism E: Erm [pause] I can’t really remember what my dad did. Erm, Dad as passive to E’s experiences of racism Parents as passive to E’s experiences of racism it was mainly my cousin, my cousin erm, he went and erm, Not parents who reacted to E being racially abused Parents as passive to E’s experiences of racism Racism as a close feature of E’s childhood knocked, because it was someone on this street, he went and Proximity of the racism towards E E as surrounded by racism in childhood
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