Meiling jin biography for kids
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This week’s blog continues the history of Black and BAME British YA literature. , the year that starts the second half of the timeline, is significant for YA literature. The end of what scholar Anthony DiGesare calls “the long s”, a period when race was the focus for both Black and white Britons from Enoch Powell to future Guardian prize-winner Alex Wheatle, saw the Brixton Riots bring institutional racism into the spotlight for the first—but bygd no means the last—time.
YA novelist Alex Wheatle was among the people who experienced the Brixton Riot of
The Brixton riots erupt as a response to the perceived racist attitudes of police against the Black British community. West Indian Children in our Schools, a government report authored by Anthony Rampton, calls for mainstream literature to better represent the increasingly diverse cultures of Britain. The Rampton report was written in response to increasing tension between the Black and Asian British communities and law enfor
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Meiling Jin
Meiling Jin | |
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| Born | (age&#;61&#;62) St. Cuthbert's Mission, Guyana |
| Occupation(s) | Author, radio broadcaster, playwright, and filmmaker |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Notable work | Gifts From my Grandmother (); The Thieving Summer (; Song of the Boatwoman () |
Meiling Jin who was born is a Guyanese author, radio broadcaster, playwright, and filmmaker who currently lives in London, England.[1]
Early History
[edit]In , Meiling Jin was born in Guyana to parents of Chinese ancestry. She has one sibling, a twin sister. Despite her parents' background, Jin did not visit China for the first time until For the first eight years of her life, she lived and was raised in Guyana. In June , Jin's family fled the country due to the unstable politics and moved to London, England. Jin's family left Guyana two years before it achieved independence within the Commonwealth on 26 May Her father had travelled first, and the rest of her family followed.& • Her unlikely story began 22 years ago in the Liaoning Province located eight hours north of Beijing on the border of North Korea and Siberia, Russia. When she was 2, her parents got divorced and because her mom was a migrant worker Jin lived with her maternal grandparents. For the first 15 years of her life, Jin was only able to see her mom once a year during the Chinese New Year holiday when all migrant workers were able to take time off. Jin has never had any contact with her dad and doesn&#;t have any memories of him. &#;I always wondered why my dad never wanted to know me and it was hard to see other kids with their dads. I also missed my mom and when I would talk to her on the phone I would ask her about m