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.
一个人们不愿意承认的事实是,混合族裔社区其实并不像表面看起来那么“混合”。我意识到自己在学校的操场和其他几名中产阶级白人父母聊天,尽管在伦敦哈克尼区的这所学校,许多家长既非白人也非中产阶级。我们认识住在4号的白人夫妇,却很少接触2号的非洲家庭。这不是什么让我感到骄傲的事,但却是事实。
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