By: fshgrl
Am I the only one who noticed that while he told the boys stories and seemed to know some of them quite well he only referred to the girls in their babymama capacity? That annoys me.
View ArticleBy: Funmonkey1
rhymer, Ok. Let's take Manchester. You have areas from Oldham to Middleton that are integrated and represent the better side of mixed housing. Crime is still disproportionally high, but on the whole...
View ArticleBy: rhymer
I mean, if I'm going to start viewing the folks round the corner as squalid I want to be able to back it up.
View ArticleBy: rhymer
For everyone area you point out in the UK where mixed housing has been a success, there are at least another 20 where thats not the case.Funmonkey, I'm not saying you're wrong. But I wouldn't mind a...
View ArticleBy: Onanist
That was really good, thanks for sharing. I'm a new arrivee in London (about 6 months in) and come from an upper middle-class Australian background and I'm currently living in the NE part of London, in...
View ArticleBy: Funmonkey1
Bardic, You make the assumption I have put down a whole class of people and then make more assumptions about me all whilst continually pointing out your upper middle class pedigree, your roots and...
View ArticleBy: bardic
This is my 2,917th comment in the blue. I should try to do a better job of lurking. And as long as we're talking about my upbringing, I'll go further: I grew up in a suburb mere miles from downtown DC,...
View ArticleBy: Funmonkey1
Bardic, thanks I will keep snickering :) Using a blanket statement like your last missive, i.e."Snicker away. If you haven't met people who grew up in poor, urban areas ......"to describe what I have...
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Snicker away. If you haven't met people who grew up in poor, urban areas and haven't "thrived," you don't get out much. Of course, I doubt they go around saying, "Hey, look at me, I'm poor and I...
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rhymer, I take the point, but again its a mixed bag. For everyone area you point out in the UK where mixed housing has been a success, there are at least another 20 where thats not the case.
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Bardic, Well thats a fist, an crafty attempt to frame me as a mild rascist. Nice try, but no donut. I get the feeling the last time you lived in a major city and saw firsthand the absolute lack of...
View ArticleBy: bookish
I'm surprised how much these pictures remind me of the area I lived in as a teenager, in an inner-city in the midwestern US. They're interesting pictures, thanks for sharing. And thanks to all the...
View ArticleBy: rhymer
Funmonkey1, I'm not sure what you say about the failure of inegrated neighbourhoods is totally true. Sink estates are awful but there are plenty of places (in London especially) where relative wealth...
View ArticleBy: bardic
Nope, meant every word I've said. It's gotten to the point where living in a downtown area is actually much cheaper than the burbs, especially if you factor in fuel costs as opposed to just walking or...
View ArticleBy: Funmonkey1
MikeMc, you are correct that I was using a polite term for ghetto. The idea of a chain link fence with barbed wire isn't a little thing it reinforces the class divide all the way....God that must sucked.
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"was an 8" chain link fence" It was a fence of Spinal Tappian proportions (more symbolic than practical what with the toddlers ambling over it constantly). 8'
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Funmonkey1:"Inner cities really don't offer much hope."bardic:"Actually, they're great places to live--access to a level of cultural and social interaction you don't get anywhere else." I think...
View ArticleBy: Funmonkey1
bardic, you are joking me right? Inner cities are great places to live if you have money. If you don't its not a way forward. Everywhere people have tried integrated neighborhoods encompassing all...
View ArticleBy: asok
Respec A good representation of what is just around the corner for the majority of the population. Props to Simon Wheatley and the online presentation.
View ArticleBy: bardic
Inner cities really don't offer much hope. Actually, they're great places to live--access to a level of cultural and social interaction you don't get anywhere else. IANAB (Brit), but it seems like...
View ArticleBy: bokeh
Good find. Could also turn into an interesting meme: audio plugin for flickr, anyone?
View ArticleBy: rhymer
Yes, I guess what I was saying is that in London I don't see much racism. But then again, if you live in London you kind of assume the UK is a melting pot and that seeing people in traditional Muslim...
View ArticleBy: randomination
I'm afraid to say there are parts of the UK where racism is alive and well. Two anecdotes from the city I went to university. (I don't want to say where because I genuinely like the place, have family...
View ArticleBy: rhymer
LondonYank, I live in Tower Hamlets, East London in a brough which I'm pretty certain the most ethically mixed in Britain. Now, I'm absolutely sure there is racism but I wouldn't say "put simply it's...
View ArticleBy: LondonYank
Willnot: By and large there is more integration in the UK than in the US. You don't tend to have the massive slums that you get in any US city (aside from a few sink estates, that is), because in...
View ArticleBy: jack_mo
That slide show felt like driving through a safari, to be honest. Yeah, it was a bit like that, but I thought the narration made it clear that Wheatley had obviously spent years there, and was close to...
View ArticleBy: jack_mo
Fantastic photographs. I like this new form of audio-captioned photojournalism. Is there a lot of racism in England? Er, yeah, depending on where you are and which races you're talking about (eg. in...
View ArticleBy: King_Wang
What slat said.. however, I've found that the racism is so understated, both parties tend to be surprised at how easy it is to actually break away, strike up friendships etc. It's a ridiculously...
View ArticleBy: slatternus
Oh my yes, there is indeed a lot of racism in England. But since almost no one will talk about it, you really have to spend some time there, and kind of let it soak in. You don't really notice it at...
View ArticleBy: Funmonkey1
wow! That was fantastic. Inner cities really don't offer much hope. Those photographs and narration highlight the facts of the throw away class. There is no opportunity or way out aside from jail,...
View ArticleBy: willnot
There's a strong concentration of black people in these images, and I found that kind of surprising. I would have expected it in the US, but I had this idea that the races were more integrated in the...
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Inner City Youth, London"In 2002, Simon Wheatley began photographing London's publich housing developments...and was able to obtain a level of intimacy with his subjects that provides a true picture of...
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