Britain’s mixed-race population blurs the lines of identity politics
It’s not black and white
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, a playwright and activist, thought that the best way to bring about social equality was “to keep the entire community intermarriageable”. He was primarily concerned with relationships across the class divide but, when he visited South Africa in 1935, he caused a stir by suggesting the same idea for race. The Daily Telegraph, for one, was taken aback. “Marriages of white and black: Startling plan by Mr Shaw”, its headline read.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Not black and white”
Britain October 3rd 2020
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