In this essay I will discuss if racial prejudicial exists in London.

The video we saw in class proves that racism is part of out life as Winston who is Nigerian and Peter who is English set up an experiment using alias names, Winston’s alias name is Tundai and Peter’s alias name is Andrew. Their task was to investigate if Racial Discrimination is involved amongst London’s Employers and also focuses in housing as part of the programme “London Tonight” (March 1994). Tundai and Peter had the same qualifications and were both the same age applied for catering that was advertised in the newspaper, Tundai phoned first and asked for the job, the assistant replied politely by saying the job has already been taken but there is a meaning behind her answer because a few minutes later Andrew phoned for the job and the same lady answered but this time she said it is available and took his details, now the lady who replied wasn’t being racist verbally but she is being racist subtly.

They tried many employing companies and for the majority Tundai was rejected because of his accent and African name. The experiment went even further even if it applies to making up a fake housing company asking for white only tenants 13 out of 20 housing association were happy to agree with the terms. Clearly Winston’s and Peter’s experiment proved racial discrimination against Tundai (Winston).

Isaac Baptiste is another victim of racial discrimination as he was treated like an animal by his colleagues. When he complained about them he was moved to another post office, he was paid money by the court to keep everything quiet.

Not only simple minded people have been discriminated against but even sportsmen who represent England in major sporting competitions such as the Olympics. Kriss Akibussi (former Olympic Gold Medallist) went to a posh resturant and was asked if he could afford to pay for the meal he has chosen, they only asked him that because they thought he was poor because he was BLACK.

As part of our social Norms is not be racist against other Minorities , therefore overall I believe that even when England had the Social Stratification people weren’t as much rude to each other, especially when it comes down to commit suicide for freedom!!! And to sum it up, Martin Luther King said “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but the content of their heart.”

(Both Human Beings)

By Talal Alfadhli