Study the way in which 'Half-caste' and 'Nothings changed' display their attitudes towards racism The poem 'Half caste' is written by the poet John Agard, who was born in South America

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Study the way in which 'Half-caste' and 'Nothings changed' display their attitudes towards racism

The poem 'Half caste' is written by the poet John Agard, who was born in South America, with parents from mixed nationalities. The poem 'Nothings changed' is by Tatamkhulu Afrika who was raised as a white South African. The poems 'half caste' and 'nothings changed' have the same theme to both of the poems, and that theme is racism.

In the poem 'nothings changed' the poem is about a black man who grew up in an all black, white segregated area, he despised the segregation in this society, and he comes back to this place expecting to see that the area has changed and there is no longer any segregation, but is shocked to see that racism (segregation) still exists in the area.

The poem 'half caste' is about a half caste man speaking to an audience and debating the idea of half caste.

In both poems the person in the poem despises racism; both people have suffered from racism.

In the poem 'half caste' the man uses a conversational and chatty tone 'excuse me, standing on one leg, I'm