I think it's about time they used some of that money to build more places for tennagers. I'm not suprised half of them hang out on the streets getting drunk.
Why make a video about Liverpool culture and have a massive over-representation of ethnic minorities appear in it ? I mean half the characters were not even from England never mind Liverpool. Culture is about shared expeerience, shared history, born and bred, generational ties. If you want African culture then go to Africa. Simple really !
Erm...I think your missing the point, the whole reason they want a representation of non-white "typical" Liverpudlians is to show cultural diversity in the capital of culture....whats the point of having just white faces in a short film about cultural diversity. It wouldn't make sense.
Liverpool is a massive seaport. People from all over the world have been coming to Liverpool for centuries. Culture is about diversity in Liverpool. Liverpool was linked with Africa during the slave trade - that made Liverpool rich and has the oldest Chinatown in Europe.
Was a massive seaport, most of the docks are now idle. Who says culture is about diversity ? You sound like a spin doctor for new labour. Yes,we made from the slave trade like many other cities of the world - can't change history - it was the way things were done back then. Liverpool's chinatown sucks,I don't care how old it is.I was in China last year, Shanghia, Beijing, Sanya, Harbin. Real chinese culture and real chinese food too - not the battered covered nonsense they serve up in chinatown.
I hope you received a better welcome in China than the one you seem to show to people coming to live in Liverpool.
You talk about culture as sharing but your attitude seems to preclude sharing with so called ethnic people. Many of Liverpool's ethnic population were born in Liverpool.
Liverpool's Chinatown has a beautiful archway and many new restaurants along Berry Street.
I welcome anybody to my home city wherever they come from.
Quietman, it's obvious in the vidoe clip that some of the people interviewed could not possibly be from Liverpool or Europe even-accent gives them away ! That's all I'm saying. We are a celtic/anglo-saxon city with a few ethnic areas here and there ie: chinatown, toxteth.
If you seen CH4 TV programme 'The Secret Millionaire' recently (shot in Kensington Liverpool), you'll see what I mean. The programme was content to show the majority of Kensington folk happy to be on the dole, sitting aimlessly in pubs etc; ie, a reinforcement of a stereotype that the middle classes love to enforce
As a resident of Kensington and who was asked for contacts by the company who made the programme, I dont think it was a good indication of what's going on in the area, and the people who actually got the pitiful amount of money that was given away (£17k from a £60 millionaire) didnt strike me as representative of Kensington, they even moved straight out of the area when they bought the house.
Most people across the nation associate the football, The Beatles, the 'Irish connection', comedians and the sense of humour with the city but we'll probably see very little of that when it comes to the actual 08 year
you are probably right given we got the costings wrong on the new stadium (It was only out by about £9 million!)you tend to loose confidence in the city leaders. Mike Storey on roger phillips show described the short fall as a drop in the ocean comared to the full price of the scheme
Dear S faragher
nicely done mate ! i hope liverpool gets more investment , I was a student there , its been getting a raw deal too long !
heartburn84 3 years ago
god, i love the liverpool accent
weirdosrok 4 years ago
i lived outside liverpool. i loved it. a wonderful city. hopefully that 960 million pounds will make it even better!
aferretnamedpolo 4 years ago
Ooh!
The people are soo nice though!
Well the ones I talk to are! they might not all be like them!!
XxXmcflychickXxX 4 years ago
Liverpool looks nice!
i live in dublin but i really wanna go there!
XxXmcflychickXxX 4 years ago
I think it's about time they used some of that money to build more places for tennagers. I'm not suprised half of them hang out on the streets getting drunk.
200rachel007 5 years ago
They don't all get drunk,i live in Liverpool and nothing goes on here that does not go on worse everywhere else.
mike619RVD 4 years ago
They could also build places for the teenagers.
andy1976uk 4 years ago
Why make a video about Liverpool culture and have a massive over-representation of ethnic minorities appear in it ? I mean half the characters were not even from England never mind Liverpool. Culture is about shared expeerience, shared history, born and bred, generational ties. If you want African culture then go to Africa. Simple really !
hamlet25 5 years ago
Erm...I think your missing the point, the whole reason they want a representation of non-white "typical" Liverpudlians is to show cultural diversity in the capital of culture....whats the point of having just white faces in a short film about cultural diversity. It wouldn't make sense.
kiriyama202 5 years ago 2
Liverpool is a massive seaport. People from all over the world have been coming to Liverpool for centuries. Culture is about diversity in Liverpool. Liverpool was linked with Africa during the slave trade - that made Liverpool rich and has the oldest Chinatown in Europe.
quietman18 4 years ago
Was a massive seaport, most of the docks are now idle. Who says culture is about diversity ? You sound like a spin doctor for new labour. Yes,we made from the slave trade like many other cities of the world - can't change history - it was the way things were done back then. Liverpool's chinatown sucks,I don't care how old it is.I was in China last year, Shanghia, Beijing, Sanya, Harbin. Real chinese culture and real chinese food too - not the battered covered nonsense they serve up in chinatown.
hamlet25 4 years ago
I hope you received a better welcome in China than the one you seem to show to people coming to live in Liverpool.
You talk about culture as sharing but your attitude seems to preclude sharing with so called ethnic people. Many of Liverpool's ethnic population were born in Liverpool.
Liverpool's Chinatown has a beautiful archway and many new restaurants along Berry Street.
quietman18 4 years ago
I welcome anybody to my home city wherever they come from.
Quietman, it's obvious in the vidoe clip that some of the people interviewed could not possibly be from Liverpool or Europe even-accent gives them away ! That's all I'm saying. We are a celtic/anglo-saxon city with a few ethnic areas here and there ie: chinatown, toxteth.
hamlet25 4 years ago
They moved out of the area of Kensington? Funny, that wasn't mentioned in the 'Voice of Merseyside' Liverpool Echo????
saltofearth 5 years ago
If you seen CH4 TV programme 'The Secret Millionaire' recently (shot in Kensington Liverpool), you'll see what I mean. The programme was content to show the majority of Kensington folk happy to be on the dole, sitting aimlessly in pubs etc; ie, a reinforcement of a stereotype that the middle classes love to enforce
saltofearth 5 years ago
As a resident of Kensington and who was asked for contacts by the company who made the programme, I dont think it was a good indication of what's going on in the area, and the people who actually got the pitiful amount of money that was given away (£17k from a £60 millionaire) didnt strike me as representative of Kensington, they even moved straight out of the area when they bought the house.
sfaragher 5 years ago
Most people across the nation associate the football, The Beatles, the 'Irish connection', comedians and the sense of humour with the city but we'll probably see very little of that when it comes to the actual 08 year
saltofearth 5 years ago
you are probably right given we got the costings wrong on the new stadium (It was only out by about £9 million!)you tend to loose confidence in the city leaders. Mike Storey on roger phillips show described the short fall as a drop in the ocean comared to the full price of the scheme
sfaragher 5 years ago
Nice work sfaragher
cheers for sharing it m8
Merseyside2008 5 years ago
cheers mate, just thought the capital of culture people havent bothered asking the man on the tuebrook ominbus, so we did!!
sfaragher 5 years ago
Theyre all wrong , culture is gettin rat arsed on a saterday night an throwin up in a taxi.
snigsnig 5 years ago
they dont have a clue really..do they lol
capitalofculture08 5 years ago
So you tell us mr capitalofculture08
tell us what we don't know??
no good saying that shit with out giving your
responce..lol my arse..
Merseyside2008 5 years ago
??????
capitalofculture08 3 years ago