Mother Country
Mother Country The story of Windrush must not be sterilised, or overly simplified. The story of Windrush, is, like any other, a story of humanity. It is not only a story of successful integration,…
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Mother Country
The story of Windrush must not be sterilised, or overly simplified. The story of Windrush, is, like any other, a story of humanity. It is not only a story of successful integration, sport and cultural icons, or even everyday heroes like my mother, any more than it is only a story of Home Office failure, of systemic racism, or the consequences of slavery.
It's one that is too often neglected in our media ...] but this volume acts as a remedy to that failure of story-telling, which I ask you to both savour and share. Of life, love, struggle, hope, misery, success and failure. - David Lammy MPFor the pioneers of the Windrush generation, Britain was 'the Mother Country'.
They made the long journey across the sea, expecting to find a place where they would be be welcomed with open arms; a land in which you were free to build a new life, eight thousand miles away from