Bengali Backlash

A documentary looking at the lives of young men of Bangladeshi descent, who live in and around the Drummond Street (NW1) area of Camden, London.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bengali
• Backlash
• Documentary
• Young
• Men
• Bangladeshi
• Descent
• Drummond
• Street
• NW1
• Camden
• London
• Bangla
• Bangladesh

[shoooby26]

I was one of the boys who suffered a brain injury, we encountered a lot of racist abuse because of our skin colour hence my attack and it's nice to see it highlighted as the area of Holborn and Drummond street are very cosmopolitan now but back in the early 90's it wasn't a nice place to grow up in.

[TangibleEmotions]

@shoooby26

Many thanks for sharing that with us. I can't begin to imagine how difficult it must've been growing up around the Drummond Street area during those times...

[zerohero99]

Fascinating. These lads seem completely British to me so the problems they encounter are the most ignorant form of racism - not so much cultural differences as hatred of dark skin.

[TangibleEmotions]

@zerohero99

Thanks for watching; I completely agree with you...

[TheUndergroundSoundz]

Painful to watch the brother with the head injuries and to look at his frightened mother for those few seconds. By the way 18:45-18:56 an absolute master piece.

[lilekoe1]

how old is this..?? when was this taken??

[ROADSIDE2RELIGION]

@shoooby26 may Allah reward you for your pain and Insha'Allah make it easy for you.

[ROADSIDE2RELIGION]

@shoooby26 were are all these racist scum bags gone now ?

[ROADSIDE2RELIGION]

thank you for uploading this, i have been waiting for a good 4 years for this documentary, this documentary shows that camden bengalis boys went through the same stuggle as tower hamlets boys.

[Banglaman786]

All the boys From Drummond street and around that area fought for right to walk the streets safely for them and their family . Everything came at a price . We couldn't enjoy our teenage years without the fear of being jumped on, thankfully our younger bros. And children don't have to feel the same way.joi bangla.

[Banglaman786]

I've been living in regents park estate for 35+ years , thankfully things have changed , people couldn't go to the mosque to pray they wud be spat at or even worse . Now inshallah u can wear a longi and go to the mosque coz the racists know that if they give any grief they gona get whooped.

[killahood8]

One love to all da brudders who whent through this struggle,these are true bangali fwain.

[shoooby26]

@shipsy

If you look at the people who uploaded the video you might find similar videos about the area but I am not sure about the content... However I have seen in the similar section the Asian heroin gangs or something and that's worth a watch as that will give you an insight into how heroin was brought in and how the money was cleaned out via travel agents etc.

Cheers Shaub.

[shoooby26]

@shipsy

Hi it's like two different worlds... But from my perspective the drugs where there as early as 1992 and it got hardcore with the introduction of heroin and cocain from Chinatown in 1994. But that's another story maybe another documentary for me to make and tell.

Please share with the youths of today and enlighten them of the hardships that the people before them had to go through in order for them to have a safe haven.

Peace out Shaub.