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monkey7
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« on: September 20, 2009, 04:51:29 PM »
Hi

Does anybody know any good books concerning mixed race couples and their experiances. I would not mind if its fiction or non fiction.

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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2009, 09:46:57 PM »
Well there has been a thread on here with talk about "shame" and "daughters of shame" by Jasvinder Sanghera. Otherwise, i can't think of anything. I'm sure there are plenty out there though
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2009, 11:36:13 AM »
There is Jack & Zena as well..unfortunately they broke up recently
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 05:59:36 PM »
Well I am an asian male so I would appreciate if there were any books related to the topic.

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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 09:12:56 PM »
Youve seen the movie..Bend it Like Beckham?

Books...Im a reader but this year Ive been terrible...not had enough time...Will have a think...we have a thread somewhere under' Archives' on books to read...you might find some of interest to read on there.
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2009, 10:14:40 AM »
Chweetgurl, how do you know Jack and Zena Briggs have broken up?

That's big news if it's true...
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2009, 07:18:21 PM »
Yes I also heard from friends that Jack and Zeena split up...but no idea where it was first confirmed...is there anything on the website?

Jack did alot of work with police forces and agencies on safety and victims of situations like theirs...
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2009, 09:07:32 AM »
Stupid question - who are Jack and Zeena?
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2009, 10:57:32 AM »
Good question!

As for books - Fiction writer : Nisha Minhas writes fiction based on British Asians in the British Culture.

I think she herself married an English guy so is in a Mixed race relationship herself!

Look her up.
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2009, 11:04:23 AM »
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article6814744.ece

Zena and Jack - now I know who they are! I've heard a lot about them (but not their names).
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2009, 07:09:46 PM »
Shofny - i didnt know who they were either
not until i read up on them at work the other day

to have gone through all that together its a shame they have split up
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« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2009, 07:15:48 PM »
I was quite shocked by Zena's website the homepage has a very sad picture, I was almost sick looking at it! So sad and yet this happens regularly. If you look at her site you'll know what I mean, but IWARN YOU NOW it is not for sensitive eyes and do not look at it if you do scare easily!
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2009, 08:09:19 PM »
I have their book, but wont part with it!as its very difficult to get hold of it now...although you might try Amazon.  There quite a bit of info on the web ,its a case of looking through..google whatever.

Its a story about 2 people being on the run from a family. I believe many years later the death threat was lifted  by her family, but the couple moved many many times throughout the country to keep safe.



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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2009, 12:18:09 PM »
It's a fair question Shofny- not everyone has heard of them and I have only come across them since working on MixTogether.

You are right about the picture on the website, it is very shocking (and arguably could be put on a back page with a warning).
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2009, 12:19:27 PM »
I'll be honest too- the picture looks like it might be a fake. It's as if they have cut clean through her headscarf, with no blood anywhere???
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