Monday, October 17, 2005
Black History Month
Black History Month
Following on from my post of yesterday, in which I pointed out the necessity of cultures moving towards each other to help integration, can I draw your attention to an important exhibition taking place in South Shields Museum and Art Gallery.
"Sikhism -Our Story" is on display until 30th October and aims to dispel many of the myths surrounding the cult, the exhibition contains many items loaned by members of the Sikh community in South Shields including Sunderland football shirts belonging to a group who I regularly meet at the Stadium of Light and South Shields Snooker Centre.
South Shields has a strong tradition of cultural diversity and racial integration with it's roots going back many years to the time of the first Somalian and Yemeni seamen who decided to settle here. Apart from an unsavoury incident in 1930 when a number were injured in a riot in the Mill Dam, we have had a long period of racial harmony and integration which must be envied by many towns, I wish the author of the e-mail which I featured yesterday had lived here, and could have illustrated how a community can thrive by acceptance of each others values and working together as a community.
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Following on from my post of yesterday, in which I pointed out the necessity of cultures moving towards each other to help integration, can I draw your attention to an important exhibition taking place in South Shields Museum and Art Gallery.
"Sikhism -Our Story" is on display until 30th October and aims to dispel many of the myths surrounding the cult, the exhibition contains many items loaned by members of the Sikh community in South Shields including Sunderland football shirts belonging to a group who I regularly meet at the Stadium of Light and South Shields Snooker Centre.
South Shields has a strong tradition of cultural diversity and racial integration with it's roots going back many years to the time of the first Somalian and Yemeni seamen who decided to settle here. Apart from an unsavoury incident in 1930 when a number were injured in a riot in the Mill Dam, we have had a long period of racial harmony and integration which must be envied by many towns, I wish the author of the e-mail which I featured yesterday had lived here, and could have illustrated how a community can thrive by acceptance of each others values and working together as a community.
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