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Sounds,27 Mar 2023,10 mins

SeriesAnita and Me

4. Racism

Bitesize GCSE English Literature

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Writer Hollie McNish and poet Nafeesa Hamid explore how racism is presented in Meera Syal’s coming-of-age novel Anita and Me. They discuss the different ways in which racism is depicted in the novel and its impact on the victims. We also learn about attitudes to immigration in 1970s Britain, when the book was set. Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR

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