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East Is East is back: being a British Pakistani has changed by Sarfraz Manzoor

Nearly two decades after it first hit the London stage, Ayub Khan-Din's play has been revived. How have racial stereotypes altered " and does the leading character seem any less detestable?On 15 February 1971 Enoch Powell stood up to speak at the Carshalton and Banstead young Conservatives club in Surrey. It was three years since the Tory MP had made his incendiary "Rivers of Blood" speech; now he was returning …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on January 24, 2017

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