What according to braithwaite is the british way of life?
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Edward Ricardo Braithwaite is a Guyanese novelist and scientist who served as writer, teacher and diplomat during his long career. Alim Hosein, who researched his life, points out that there are different dates provided in different sources about his birth, so it is not widely known that he was actually born on June 27, 1912. He is currently living in Washington DC.
ER Braithwaite, as he is known, came from a privileged family, which may be confirmed by the fact that he attended Queen’s College in Georgetown, and for a black student in those years, that, and his higher education suggest privilege indeed. According to an internet source, he grew up “surrounded by education,” moving on to Cambridge University and a doctorate in physics. Like so many colonials in the former British Empire, he served in World War II, but his later career as a writer does not reflect the mind of a colonial, but was driven by far more radical sentiments including a consistent resistance to colonialism and the ‘othering’ treatment accorded to minorities.
What according to Braithwaite is the British way of life?
Explanation:
- When ER Braithwaite, who grew up in British Guinea, and had served in the English RoyalAir Force for 6 years, he had "forgotten/ignored" his colour; however, when he came to London, he faced racial prejudice and discrimination in hiring
- He had never experienced racial prejudice in his tenure as a pilot at the Royal Air Force, however he was refused jobs after the war merely because he was black, though he was highly qualified. He was treated as an outsider although he sacrificed his life for "the dream of the British Way of Life." He continues, remembering the joyful festivities during each Royal visit to British Guyana and said it was nice to be British, however, he states it is wonderful to be British only till one comes to Britain.
- Braithwaite's understanding of being a British changed once he started living in Britain as a private citizen