Our next Anti-Racism meeting will be on zoom on Wednesday 7th April at 5:30-7PM. Please watch at least one of the following three to discuss collectively.
The Real Chinese Take Away on BBC iplayer Link here [Chinese people have been coming to Scotland for over 100 years, but recently there has been an incredible influx of young Chinese students. There are now over 30,000 people of Chinese origin in Scotland, living, working and raising families. Six people of Chinese descent are brought together from all over the country for a traditional Chinese meal to discuss their experiences of living in Scotland. Each person brings a dish to the meal that has significance to their lives, and everyone has personal stories to tell. They discuss backgrounds and what impact living in Scotland has had on their lives.]
Barbados to Bath: 50 years of the Rainbow Steel Orchestra by Shawn Naphtali Sobers Link here [A film, made in 2008, celebrating the 50 years since the arrival of Steel Pan to Britain. This film features to longest running Steel Pan group in Britain with the arrival of a small group of immigrants from Barbados to Bath in 1948. Since then with new generations we see how Steel Pan in Britain may be changing.] Shawn's website is here http://www.shawnsobers.com/
Panorama Let's Talk about Race on BBC iplayer Link here [The killing of George Floyd last year triggered a national conversation about race and racism in Britain. It’s a subject that can be uncomfortable and sometimes divisive, as BBC presenter Naga Munchetty discovers when she travels across the country to understand what race and racism mean in the UK today.]
Other news we have selected our next book for reading, Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
[Master storyteller Madeleine Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations—those who lived through Mao’s Cultural Revolution and their children, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square. At the center of this epic story are two young women, Marie and Ai-Ming. Through their relationship Marie strives to piece together the tale of her fractured family in present-day Vancouver, seeking answers in the fragile layers of their collective story. Her quest will unveil how Kai, her enigmatic father, a talented pianist, and Ai-Ming’s father, the shy and brilliant composer, Sparrow, along with the violin prodigy Zhuli were forced to reimagine their artistic and private selves during China’s political campaigns and how their fates reverberate through the years with lasting consequences.}
We will discuss this book at the end of May.
Available via bookshop for £8.36. Please let Eo know if you need any financial assistance with making this purchase via eo@woodlandscommunity.org.uk
Zoom details to join click here
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83098208830?pwd=WWhkdEZScU1zRVFBeGlLbThTUDQ3Zz09
Meeting ID: 830 9820 8830
Passcode: 131472
Any questions, thoughts, recommending reading/listening/viewing for our group please email
eo@woodlandscommunity.org.uk
We hope to see you there. Always feel free to come along even if you haven't engaged with our chosen materials as it can still be a great experience to hear people talk about what they've learned.