based on mixedness things E’s heritage as making her ‘not normal’ You do make up with your white friends and they can’t don’t, E as unable to ‘be normal’ Difficulty in being a part of the same with white friends because of ‘normal’ activities of other girls mixedness E’s appearance as making her not ‘normal’ erm, understand about, curly hair but, yeah. It hard but I wasn’t Lack of understanding from White friends not understanding E’s white perspective hair Lack of understanding from white perspective guess [pause] when, I think, because [pause] when my dad was growing up here, it was quite a racist town, and some of that did get passed on from, because, this is the type of town Racism as ingrained in Racism passed down through hometown generations where everyone stays here, so, children who I went to school Hometown as a closed Closeness of town leading to racism environment continuing Hometown as a closed environment with my dad went to school with their parents, and, so [pause] their, kind of did get passed on. Like, when, parent’s bigotry Racism as a continuing legacy Parents passing on racist views to children Racism as a continuing legacy being called a monkey in school and stuff [pause] but now as I say I think a lot better [pause] I, about every other person it’s, Recent changes in racism when you walk down the street now, black or mixed they’re, Increase in non-whiteness as Increase in black/MR faces in the town positive race. A: Mm. And why do you think changed so much? that’s E: not sure really, erm [pause] because obviously being I’m down the road from XXX which is, got a massive reputation
based on mixedness things E’s heritage as making her ‘not normal’ E as unable to ‘be normal’ with white friends because of mixedness You can’t do make up with your white friends and they don’t, Difficulty in being a part of the same ‘normal’ activities of other girls E’s appearance as making her not ‘normal’ Lack of understanding from white perspective erm, understand about, curly hair but, yeah. It wasn’t hard but I White friends not understanding E’s hair Lack of understanding from white perspective guess [pause] when, I think, because [pause] when my dad was growing up here, it was quite a racist town, and some of Racism as ingrained in hometown that did get passed on from, because, this is the type of town Racism passed down through generations Hometown as a closed environment where everyone stays here, so, children who I went to school Closeness of town leading to racism continuing Hometown as a closed environment with my dad went to school with their parents, and, so [pause] Racism as a continuing legacy their, parent’s bigotry kind of did get passed on. Like, when, Parents passing on racist views to children Racism as a continuing legacy being called a monkey in school and stuff [pause] but now as I say I think it’s, a lot better [pause] I, about every other person Recent changes in racism Increase in non-whiteness as positive when you walk down the street now, they’re, black or mixed Increase in black/MR faces in the town race. A: Mm. And why do you think that’s changed so much? E: I’m not sure really, erm [pause] because obviously being down the road from XXX which is, got a massive reputation
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