Property News · July 16, 2022

Reflections on black US soldiers’ experiences in the UK | Letters


Second world war | One-fingered salute | Stones in the flowerbeds | The Brazil nut effect | Royal Mail’s late deliveriesRe your report (9 July), Nevil Shute’s 1947 novel The Chequer Board dealt with the question of racism when US forces were over here during the second world war, and my 1987 book When Jim Crow met John Bull: Black American Soldiers in World War II Britain is a comprehensive look at this unique experience. Several TV documentaries followed it, and the BBC made a feature film.Graham SmithShrewsbury, Shropshire• What I find irritating about Andrea Jenkyns’ impolite gesture (Report, 11 July) is that it was a US-style single finger. Surely as a Conservative she should uphold the traditional British two fingers? Black Friday, trick or treat, proms – where will it all end?Ian AndersonCambridge Continue reading…

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