Tuesday, 7 June 2011
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.
Labels:
research,
the windrush years
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