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.