It is a truth grudgingly acknowledged that mixed ethnic communities are not as mixed as they appear. In the school playground I find myself talking to the other white middle-class mums and dads, in spite of the fact that in a Hackney school there are plenty of parents who are neither. We know the white couple at number four but have had little contact with the African family at number two. It's not something I am proud of, but there it is.
一個人們不愿意承認的事實是,混合族裔社區其實并不像表面看起來那么“混合”。我意識到自己在學校的操場和其他幾名中產階級白人父母聊天,盡管在倫敦哈克尼區的這所學校,許多家長既非白人也非中產階級。我們認識住在4號的白人夫婦,卻很少接觸2號的非洲家庭。這不是什么讓我感到驕傲的事,但卻是事實。
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