Too Much Too Young: Bengali Backlash in Somers Town
Darren Atwater | Tuesday 7 February, 2012 13:47

This video is a slice of 1997, directed by Arun Kumar for Channel 4 back in the day. It follows some young Bengali boys living on the Somers Town estate in Camden and the racial abuse that follows after the murder of another boy on the area.
Our pal Zuber, publisher of Footy Matters and a proud resident of Somers Town, suggested today’s video.
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