What is Black British Culture?

When listening to this radio extract it was interesting to hear the different views of many black British citizens and how they view the Britain that they live in. It enabled me to learn what black British citizens first bought to this country and how we have inherited it throughout many generations. Whilst going through a normal day to day basis you do not stop to think what culture you are wearing, eating, listening to and even the slang you talk in but listening to this extract it shows me just how much we have integrated with each other and learnt different life styles of one another.

The part that interested me the most was when the two young boys were talking of how when people talk about black British people they instantly think about gun crime, drugs and many other negative factors; this was interesting to hear as media is a massive contribution to this just as they contribute to many other stereotypes that we live with. They mentioned the fact that every time you open up a newspaper the only comments or stories on the black British society are negative and are almost always about some sort of crime to which they have committed. This then feeds into the lives of many people throughout the country and once again we have fed ourselves and negative stereotype. However this mainly affects black British people as they then have to live with the thought that they are all being put in the same lime light which affects them in their day to day basis. As this is the main stereotype that they are linked with it then becomes who they are and they become in a sense the stereotype they distaste, this however does not contribute to the whole black British community but it does to the generations of today as the statistics in the radio extract point out; this is in my opinion partly to blame for the media’s influence on everyday people.

When listening to the interviews they did it told of how many black British live and how they live with many different cultures in their community and how they embrace their origins. This to me was a sign of a different community a more positive one that the media represent. By embrace their heritage they are learning about where they and their parents come from and live in the same music, style and eat the same food that their parents would have, this shows a strong community that is able to integrate into different societies and except every other person for who they are and the heritage that they also come from.

From this radio extract it has shown that black British culture is all around and we use it in our day to day basis. This enables us to except people from different cultures and embrace it, however the media shines many negative lights on the black community their many positive things that outshine the bad things.