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DJ Semtex explores positive and negative experiences of being mixed race in 2014. Are loyalties divided or has society moved beyond categorisation by skin colour?

DJ Semtex has a black mother and a white father and, as a mixed race kid, had both negative and positive experiences.

The latest national census showed that the mixed race population is the fastest growing in Britain, so what does that mean in 2014? Semtex talks to young people from a range of backgrounds and across the UK, including Jordan from Rizzle Kicks, model Rob Evans, comedian Michelle De Swarte and playwright Sarah Lee.

Are loyalties divided or is society beyond categorising by skin colour?

1 hour

Last on

Mon 2 Jun 201421:00
BBC Radio 1

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Music Played

  • 50 Cent

    Baby By Me (feat. Ne-Yo)

    • Shady Aftermath.

  • 50 Cent

    Baby By Me (feat. Ne-Yo)

    • Shady Aftermath.

  • J. Cole

    Rich N****

    • Rocnation.

  • J. Cole

    Rich N****

    • Rocnation.

  • Common

    Real People

    • Be.
    • Geffen Records.

  • Common

    Real People

    • Be.
    • Geffen Records.

  • Drake

    Up All Night (feat. Nicki Minaj)

    • Thank me Later.
    • Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records.

  • Drake

    Up All Night (feat. Nicki Minaj)

    • Thank me Later.
    • Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records.

  • Drake

    All Me (feat. 2 Chainz & Big Sean)

    • Young Money.

  • Drake

    All Me (feat. 2 Chainz & Big Sean)

    • Young Money.

  • Fantasia

    BED: When I See U (FANTASIA)

  • Jungle Brothers

    Black Is Black

    • Warlock.

  • Jungle Brothers

    Black Is Black

    • Warlock.

  • Logic

    Mixed Feelings

    • Free Download.

  • Logic

    Mixed Feelings

    • Free Download.

  • Public Enemy

    Fear of a Black Planet

    • Def Jam.

  • Public Enemy

    Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic

    • Def Jam/ RAL.

  • Public Enemy

    Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic

    • Def Jam/ RAL.

  • Public Enemy

    Fear of a Black Planet

    • Def Jam.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Spice.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Spice.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 May 201421:00
    BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • Mon 2 Jun 201421:00
    BBC Radio 1

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