ABSTRACT
In the two previous chapters I have shown how the expression of rac ism at street level has been muted in Southgate. In this chapter I want to discuss the context in which young black British people experi enced racism. I argue that this is affected by factors such as neigh bourhood, life cycle and gender. I show that young black people are not passive recipients of racist discourses and that in the context of daily interactions black young people work on representations of race, parody racism and develop a critique of the racial structuring of British society.
