Task 3

Identity-

An identity is knowing what a person or thing is. A person's characteristics make up their identity. Nicolas Sarkozy said that "We cannot accept to have in our country women who are prisoners behind netting, cut off from all social life, deprived of identity,"

Collective Identity-

A collective identity refers to individuals' sense of belonging (the identity) to a group (the collective). From the perspective of the individual, the collective identity forms a part of his or her personal identity. An article done by the Washington Post have quoted Benny Morris saying, "But 1948 has haunted, and still haunts, the Arab world on the deepest levels of collective identity, ego, and pride," Morris writes. "The war was a humiliation from which that world has yet to recover."

Mediation- This is when a third party is involved with help to resolve an argument or dispute.

Roger Goodell of the Bangkok Post said, "We worked hard. We didn't reach an agreement," Goodell said. "The union walked away from the mediation process. We do believe mediation is the fastest and fairest way to reach an agreement."

Representation-

This refers to people having their own description or portrayal of someone or something. Representation is not always good as it can label a specific group of people a certain thing leading to stereotypes and prejudice.

Hegemony-

This refers to leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others It is known to be an unflattering term in Chinese politics, "hegemon" is used to refer to political power gained by physical rather than moral means, and that therefore lacks universal recognition. .

Colonialism-

The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. It is the exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

Post Colonialism-

Post-colonialism (postcolonial theory, post-colonial theory) is a specifically post-modern intellectual discourse that consists of reactions to, and analysis of, the cultural legacy of colonialism. Postcolonialism comprises a set of theories found amongst anthropology, architecture, philosophy, film, political science, human geography, sociology, feminism, religious and theological studies, and literature.

Imperial other-

This is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Youth subculture-

This is usually a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre.A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. According to subculture theorists such as Dick Hebdige, members of a subculture often signal their membership by making distinctive and symbolic tangible choices in, for example, clothing styles, hair styles and language.

Syncretism-

The attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.

Post-modernism-

This means 'after modernism'. While "modern" itself refers to something "related to the present", the movements modernism and postmodernism are understood as cultural projects or as a set of perspectives

Urban music-

Musical genre of the 1980s and '90s defined by recordings by rhythm-and-blues or soul artists with broad crossover appeal. Urban contemporary began as an American radio format designed to appeal to advertisers who felt that "black radio" would not reach a wide enough audience.

Windrush Part 3

This part of the documentary shows the Windrush bringing 500 Jamaicans over to Britain. When these Jamaicans arrived many of them were uncertain of jobs, where they were going to live and most of them did not know what they was going to do. So, even though a huge amount of them were desperate to come over to Britain as they believed the conditions would be better their survival was uncertain. These Jamaicans were placed in a shelter but as soon as they received work they had to leave. Britain needed labour and many Caribbeans were desperate for jobs so they in turn took them, It also seemed to me that the Caribbeans were indeed very significant to the British people as Enoch Powell went all the way to the Caribbean to find nurses. A large amount of these Caribbean citizens believed that England was such a beautiful country and place, however, what they saw on arriving there was totally different from what they initially thought.

Windrush Part 2

This part of the documentary looks into the West Indians fight in the Second World War. The West Indians also became popular and well-known as musicians and singers. However, when Hitler was defeated (at the end of the Second World War) British views towards the West Indians changed, as someone within the documentary recalls 'Isn't about time they went back to their own country!' This clearly showed that British citizens clearly did not want the West Indians as they had paid their dues and they did not appreciate their presence any longer. Though, many West Indians were desperate to come back to Britain after they flew back to their own country (after ww2). So many West Indians had the opportunity to fly over to Britain on a one way ticket as the economic conditions in their native country were bad.

Windrush Part 1

The first part of the clip starts off with Black prominent figures, such as athletes, footballers. These Black British sports people are shown winning in their various fields as we see the Footballer scoring a goal and the athlete who seems to have won a sporting event for Great Britain. This lays an emphasis on Black achievement. Secondly, Black achievement is implied as we see a Black British group called 'Eternal' performing 'Angel of Mine' and also Trevor McDonald who was the first Black newsreader in the U.K., this shows the significance of Black Britain's in society. 'Britain today without these faces would be hard to imagine'. This suggests the these Black Britain's played a major and vital role in making Britain what it is today. The documentary also shows that half a million people from the West Indies came over to the U.K. and here the various speakers within the documentary talk about their experience on arriving in Britain. "Rooms for rent..No 'n******!" This portrays the harsh reality and lifestyle for Black people and how they felt unwelcome and did not feel part of the society. The west Indian citizens seems to have changed the country in a positive way as a man says 'we brought music, life, colour' which shows that the West Indians influenced the British way of life. Connie Mark says that 'they were taught to respect the Royal Family' and that 'they were brought up as British'. Therefore, from this it is percieved that the West Indians viewed themselves as British but the 'real' British citizens felt otherwise (due to their discrimination against West Indians through derogatory language and race riots etc). The West Indians were told to 'Fight for the mother land' which shows that they had a duty/a part to play to help Britain during the Second World War.