Discrimination Against Coloured Immigrants in the British Housing Sector in the 1960s

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, University of Regensburg, course: Black Britain, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The place you live in, where your accommodation is set, is a determinant factor forthe integration of ...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, University of Regensburg, course: Black Britain, language: English, abstract: The place you live in, where your accommodation is set, is a determinant factor forthe integration of coloured people in the society today and was one in the 1960s. It doesnot only determine the education of the children and the employment of theadolescent1, but the surrounding also has a deep impact on the social development.Therefore it is easier for coloured immigrants to be integrated into British society, whenthey are living in a rather middle-class area than in a run-down ‘immigration quarter’.Wole Soyinka’s poem “Telephone Conversation” describes the attempt of a colouredman to break out of the normally poor housing situation of blacks, but instead of gettinga fair chance to improve his living conditions, he is only discriminated against. Thispaper will first have a close look on the poem and afterwards examine the reasons ofdiscrimination in the housing sector and how they worked in the daily search for abetter accommodation.