Postcolonialism links:

Bengali in Platforms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTY6-xKHpM
http://www.metrolyrics.com/bengali-in-platforms-lyrics-morrissey.html
This song was written in 1988 by Morrissey, in a time where immigration in the UK became popular. This song is signifying the artists views on cultures known as 'the other', in this case a Bengali boy happened to be the subject. Bengali in Platforms says "Life is hard enough when you belong here", which is a more polite way of saying 'Foreigners don't belong in the Western Culture' and that they make life harder for westerners. The song is very hypocritical because the artist is slating the Bengali boy for trying to embrace and live with the Western Culture, when in reality that is what people of our society today would hope for in an immigrant.

Skin Whitening documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9T9SNi-u6M
This video is a documentary focusing on skin whitening techniques and importance of colour and self-esteem in Jamaica. The video consists of Jamaican interviewees sharing mixed opinions on the subject, some saying that lighter skin shows worth and power, whilst others saying that it is important to love yourself although whitening techniques are signifiers of power and wealth which give people below the poverty sign a sense of worth and admiration. The warped representation of white hierarchy due to the slave trade is shown in the documentary to have a large impact on the way Jamaican culture deals with their identity.


Racism in the United Kingdom:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_Kingdom
This is a wikipedia page which highlights and talks in depth about the issue of race in the UK. The page talks about how race riots can take place when there is hate between communities that have racial difference, and gives examples such as the Bradford Riots, which took place between whites and Pakistanis, and the Birmingham Riots, which took place between Asians and blacks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUgk3pWrnUY 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU28Pv26nNQ&feature=related - 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnS53fNfpkE 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZydAotVOY&feature=related 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2002/race/what_you_told_us.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_test