Woman Letters.
ON July 3 Mirror Woman featured an interview with Aramintha Waithe and her daughter Daphne looking at how the treatment of black women has changed over the past 50 years. Here is your reaction:I wanted to write to thank you for your piece entitled "The Colour Of Courage".
My mother and I were the subjects of the interview and were relieved that Mirror Woman had done justice to our stories.
It was clear from the piece that neither of us considers ourselves victims, nor our experiences unique. We represent two normal black women getting on with our lives.
My only regret is that when asked if I thought things had changed for the better, my response, in the light of a recent racial attack by several young white males in Wells, Somerset, was somewhat negative.
However, in a week which has seen Linford Christie's decision to run once again for Britain and the first ever state visit to the UK of a black South African president - Nelson Mandela - I am determined to look to the future with cautious optimism.
Daphne Waithe Walthamstow, E. London
Although I feel sorry for black and other foreign people who come up against racism, there is another side to the story. The ordinary working- class white person did not invite these people to live and work alongside them, they were invited here by our government.
Don't put the blame of racism on the ordinary person in the street, blame the government for putting us all in this situation.
Name and address supplied
Aramintha and her daughter Daphne showed true courage. It is so sad that their lives have to be blighted by bigots. Daphne is right, people's ignorance is to blame. I'm sure if people were better educated we could rid the country of at least some of the terrible abuse we suffer.
It is time we started seeing people for themselves not for the colour of their skin. We should all ignore the bigots.
Olive Gittins
Liverpool
I want to say to Daphne and Aramintha how much I admire them standing up for themselves and getting on with their lives, despite the abuse they suffered.
I sympathise because a similar thing happened to me - although in reverse because I am white. I was upset when I was called names and it made me think, even though it only happened once. When will people learn to live and let live?
Mrs P Weston, Oxford
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| Title Annotation: | Features |
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
| Date: | Jul 17, 1996 |
| Words: | 410 |
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