Sunday, 5 December 2010
Light Bulb Moment!
I'm going to go to the British Library, it's bound to have loads of research material!
More Internet research
Whether the portrayal can be considered exaggerated, or if the moral panic is in someway justified?
Black youth crime and the portrayal of black youths in the media have generated considerable publicity in recent years. The recent fatal knife and gun crimes in London involving black youths were highlighted by the media which in turn produced a moral panic surrounding the issue.
Lists some books that could be looked for
Black youth crime and the portrayal of black youths in the media have generated considerable publicity in recent years. The recent fatal knife and gun crimes in London involving black youths were highlighted by the media which in turn produced a moral panic surrounding the issue.
BLACK AND ASIAN YOUTH REPRESENTATION
YOUTH CULTURE, MEDIA AND SOCIETYLists some books that could be looked for
Contextualising Bullet Boy - 2004
A schoolboy has died after being stabbed in the leg by a gang of hooded attackers in Peckham, south London.
Operation Trident
Operation Trident
In 2000, a fresh commitment by the Met to improve its performance in tackling black community murders gave Operation Trident renewed impetus.
Since 2004, Trident has further expanded beyond the black communities to cover shootings in all the capital's communities. Gun crime spreads 'like a cancer' across Britain
As the number of weapons on the streets grows and shootings become the norm, gun law is back at the top of the political agenda
Film 4 ReviewBack in 1980, Franco Rosso's Babylon, starring Aswad's Brinsley Forde, told the story of young black Britain under siege. Filmed around Deptford, Lewisham and Brixton in south London and financed by the National Film Council, it drew a fundamentally honest, unsentimental portrait, employing a rich, unsubtitled patois. Understandably, much of the film also dealt with racism - white on black - and its tragic repercussions.
Twenty-five years on, the most significant (and depressing) thing about Saul Dibb's study of black Londoners is its frank recognition that the hate and violence has since turned inward - manifested in gun crime.
Twenty-five years on, the most significant (and depressing) thing about Saul Dibb's study of black Londoners is its frank recognition that the hate and violence has since turned inward - manifested in gun crime.
'People with no past have little present and absolutely no future' Trevor Phillips, Labour's own appointment to the chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, says: "Britain is by far the best place in Europe to live if you are not white." Conversely in 2005, Phillips also said: "We are heading towards a New Orleans-style Britain" In 2006, the CRE held a conference where "Rivers of blood: did Enoch Powell get it right?" was the title of one workshop. Where lies the truth? The articles below have helped me ponder.
Contextualising Pressure - 1976
1971: UK restricts Commonwealth migrants
Commonwealth citizens will lose their automatic right to remain in the UK under the government's new Immigration Bill announced by Home Secretary Reginald Maudling.
1974: Man dies in race rally clashes
A march through central London has left one person dead and many more injured as rival demonstrators clashed with police and each other. One man died at the scene while up to 39 policemen and several demonstrators received treatment for cuts and other injuries. The National Front was marching to protest against the government's amnesty for illegal immigrants.
More than 100 police officers had to be taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Black Power
The Black Power movement instilled a sense of racial pride and self-esteem in blacks. Blacks were told that it was up to them to improve their lives. Black Power advocates encouraged blacks to form or join all-black political parties that could provide a formidable power base and offer a foundation for real socioeconomic progress. For years, the movement's leaders said, blacks had been trying to aspire to white ideals of what they should be. Now it was time for blacks to set their own agenda, putting their needs and aspirations first. An early step, in fact, was the replacement of the word "Negro" (a word associated with the years of Slavery) with "black."
Selecting The Catalogue
I need to start cataloguing my research so I can see what I want to actually use, and also I think it will make me realise how much I still need to do! So this will be a working post that I will come back and add to, in the Small Scale guide it says on pg 15
When commenting on each item you should try (in 5 lines or fewer) to identify the following:
Item 1: Bullet Boy (?, UK, 2004, Dir. Saul Dibb)
Item 2: Pressure (BFI Production, UK, 1976, Dir. Horace Ove)
Item 3: Babylon (?, UK, 1980, Dir. Franco Rosso)
BOOKS
JOURNALS
MUSIC
The last song from Babylon
The soundtrack motif from Pressure
INTERNET
When commenting on each item you should try (in 5 lines or fewer) to identify the following:
- How the item relates to the area of investigation
- What value the item has offered the project
- The nature and realibilty of its source
- How it compares to other items
- The basis of its inclusion
Item 1: Bullet Boy (?, UK, 2004, Dir. Saul Dibb)
Item 2: Pressure (BFI Production, UK, 1976, Dir. Horace Ove)
Item 3: Babylon (?, UK, 1980, Dir. Franco Rosso)
BOOKS
JOURNALS
MUSIC
The last song from Babylon
The soundtrack motif from Pressure
INTERNET
Contextualising Babylon - 1980
Babylon was made in 1985, the early 1980's were marred with race riots which lead to unpositive representations of Blacks in the media, and less than favourable relations with the police force.
1974: Man dies in race rally clashes
A march through central London has left one person dead and many more injured as rival demonstrators clashed with police and each other. One man died at the scene while up to 39 policemen and several demonstrators received treatment for cuts and other injuries. The National Front was marching to protest against the government's amnesty for illegal immigrants.
More than 100 police officers had to be taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
1979: Teacher dies in Southall race riots A 33-year-old man has died from head injuries after a bloody battle broke out between police and demonstrators in Southall.
The arrest of a black man has led to hundreds of youths rampaging through the streets of Brixton in south London.
Up to 30 police officers have been injured by flying missiles as rioters took to the streets of Toxteth, Liverpool. Latest reports suggest that nearly 200 white and black youths have been attacking police, cars and shops with petrol bombs and bricks.
Last April's riots in Brixton, south London were caused by serious social and economic problems affecting Britain's inner cities, a report has said. Lord Scarman's inquiry into what he called the worst outbreak of disorder in the UK this century also blamed "racial disadvantage that is a fact of British life".
Riots have broken out on the streets of south London after a woman was shot and seriously injured in a house search. Dozens of officers dressed in riot gear were injured as they were attacked by groups of mainly black youths with bricks and wooden stakes.
Police in riot gear have closed off areas of Liverpool and London tonight in efforts to contain continued outbreaks of violence and vandalism. In a second night of disturbances in Peckham, south London, gangs of youths have been throwing petrol bombs and setting shops alight.
A police officer has been stabbed to death during riots at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, North London. Another policeman was shot and injured after a night of horrific violence between the police and hundreds of black and white youths.
What changed the situation was resistance. On 10-11 April 1981 Brixton, in south London, rebelled. Police struggled to crush the uprising against racist brutality and poverty. Over 7,000 police officers did eventually regain control.
Stop and search - racist, then and now
In 1977, some 14,000 people were stopped and searched in Lewisham, south London, alone. Over 200 Special Patrol Group police – an elite unit – armed with pick-axe handles and Alsatian dogs, raided 60 black homes in the area. The police called it, “Operation PNH – Police Nigger Hunt”.What changed the situation was resistance. On 10-11 April 1981 Brixton, in south London, rebelled. Police struggled to crush the uprising against racist brutality and poverty. Over 7,000 police officers did eventually regain control.
Saturday, 4 December 2010
Logging Research!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! No time to do this yet and I really want to go back to the BFI, will do over the Christmas Holidays hopefully, so in the meantime I need to log what I have so far. I need to start putting everything in a folder and for every piece of research I need to write down:
- Research method e.g. primary or secondary
- Source details e.g. Name of book/journal, author, publisher and date published, for Internet sources the exact web address
- Key Findings e.g. summary of what I found out, key quotes etc
- Evaluation e.g. how the item related to investigation, what it contributed, where it might led me next
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