1958 Nottinghill Race Riots radio extract

The radio extract is from 1958is a representation of black people in Britain.

The first part of the radio extract is said by a white man. The tone of his voice suggest he is anti-immigrant and against West Indians settling in Britain. He describes the settling of the West Indians as an 'invasion' despite the fact that they were invited over and they are part of the British colony so they have a right to come over and stay. Black people are represented by this man as horrible invaders and he says the most 'important' problem is their arrival leading to a 'melato Britain' causing more interaction between black men and white women. This suggests that the man wants Britain to remain the same they are perhaps scared of the'invasion' of black people from the West Indies and fear that they will make a massive impact and change Britain for the worse.

The background music from the second part of the extract has a sense of fear as it sounds like music from a horror film and instigates fear to the listener. The target audience for this radio station would have been white people in the 50s so the music could serve as a warning against the 'invasion' coming to Britain and warning white people to be ready. The words 'new and ugly' presents black people as monsters, that will destroy everything white people have built and also destroy their unity and heritage of white people. Black people are also represented in this radio extract as trouble makers or criminals because the only way they could stop the riots is by using 'violence' this suggests that they think these black people are animals because violence is a way they think will be able to tame them.