School of Social and Political Science

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As part of the Race and Power and Social Policy, we are hosting a film screening series from October to December to explore the relationship between race, power and inequalities. This week’s screening is about the ‘Windrush Scandal’. In this documentary, British historian David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants has been 70 years in the making.

The film features Sarah O’Connor, Anthony Bryan and Judy Griffith. Settled here legally since childhood, they were re-classified as illegal immigrants by new ‘hostile environment’ regulations. Unable to show proof of their nationality status, they lost jobs, savings and their health, facing deportation back to countries they could barely remember.

For those who wish to read further on the relationship between race and borders, and the Windrush scandal in particular, below is an article by Luke de Noronha:

Luke de Noronha (2019) Deportation, racism and multi-status Britain: immigration control and the production of race in the present, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42:14, 2413 2430, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1585559