“How is it I'm begging you for housing, when you burnt my building down? You all ain't even playing fake-nice, like those other murderers. You are all cut-eye and snarls, all straight jargon, and nothing but the jargon.” MurderHousingHate CrimesRacism In BritainRacial ViolenceOvert RacismRacism In CanadaCitizen Ii Book:A Portable Paradise Source: A Portable Paradise
“You fooled us. Render your work, not your lives. This seems like the newest answer to an old question. Cheap muscle and blood to build you an Empire- that we can't stay in. Gran's gone missing from Saturday morning. Brixton Market? No one is frowning at the quality of the yams, or asking how the snapper's eye so cloudy. There'll be no Saturday soup tonight.” BritainEmpireDeportationImmigration ExperienceRacism In BritainBrixtonEnoch PowellRacism In CanadaCitizen IWindrush Book:A Portable Paradise Source: A Portable Paradise