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Britain'S 'Brown Babies' - The Stories of Children Born to Black GIS and White Women in the Second World War (Paperback)
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Britain'S 'Brown Babies' - The Stories of Children Born to Black GIS and White Women in the Second World War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
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This book recounts a little-known history of the estimated 2,000
babies born to black GIs and white British women in the second
world war. The African-American press named these children 'brown
babies'; the British called them 'half-castes'. Black GIs, in this
segregated army, were forbidden to marry their white girl-friends.
Nearly half of the children were given up to children's homes but
few were adopted, thought 'too hard to place'. There has been
minimal study of these children and the difficulties they faced,
such as racism in a (then) very white Britain, lack of family or a
clear identity. The book will present the stories of over fifty of
these children, their stories contextualised in terms of government
policy and attitudes of the time. Accessibly written, with stories
both heart-breaking and uplifting, the book is illustrated
throughout with photographs. -- .
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