Meet Leon, who’s mixed race and lives near Bridport
Hi, I am Leon. I live a few miles north of Bridport. Ethnically I am mixed race – my father is from Trinidad and my mother is from Kent. [...]
Meet Sethina, who is mixed Ghanaian and British
I was born in Accra, Ghana, and lived there until I was 3. My mother is from Bristol and the south west, as were my grandparents Hugh and Sonia. [...]
Meet Nick from Buckfastleigh: The family moves out of London
My maternal grandfather was a white, working-class, London man made good. He was born in 1901; patriotic, racist, paternal, homophobic and sexist. He voted Conservative. But he was also [...]
Meet Martha, from the Cotswolds
I’ve lived in London for ten years but I am from a small village in the Cotswolds. I would say that I’m mixed race or Black. I use brown [...]
Meet Lee-Ann, who’s mixed race and lives in Exeter
Lee-Ann was born in Malawi, Africa. She is of mixed Asian, European and African heritage. Both her parents are from Malawi. On her mum’s side her grandmother was of [...]
Meet Dan’s mum Dareth, who’s black British and lives in Stroud
I live in Stroud, Gloucestershire, which is a rural town about 10 miles from Gloucester. I define myself as black, born in England to black Jamaican parents. I was [...]
Meet Dan, who’s mixed race and comes from Stroud
I’m mixed race (White and Black Caribbean) and I was born in Lewisham, where I’m currently studying at Goldsmiths. My mum’s family, who were Jamaican, grew up in Stroud, [...]
Meet Yvonne*, who is Black British and lives in Devon
Yvonne was born in London and her family is from Jamaica. As well as Devon, she has also lived in Lancaster. She moved to Devon as an adult in [...]
Meet Emily, who is mixed heritage, from Cornwall
I was born in Cornwall. My mother was from London, although she was born in South Africa, and my father was from Cornwall. I define my ethnicity as mixed [...]
Meet Becca, of English-Caribbean heritage, from Bridport
Growing up as a person of mixed heritage in Dorset has had its challenges. I’ve been living in Bridport for pretty much all of my life, after my mum [...]