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Letter of the Month
Food for Thought
Came across your magazine the other day and was blowing
hot and cold the minute I saw the word ‘half caste’ on your
cover. What were these people thinking, I was thinking,
don’t they know that word went out with the Golliwog and
Sambo jokes?
I’ve got two teenage mixed-race sons and my husband and
I get really mad if we hear people calling them half-caste. It
just makes our blood boil. Thankfully, I didn’t let that stop
me buying your magazine. I took it home and read the
‘offending’ article first. Then after I’d read everything from
cover to cover in one sitting, I had to say, spot on!
We just love your magazine and what you’re doing. I showed it to our sons and they took it in turn to
read it too. That’s a minor miracle in our house because those boys never read or like to share anything.
Thank you for producing a quality mag for everyone in our family. Great food for thought and stunning
looking, it’s about time.
Margaret, Bristol, UK
“Magazines like
Drum are like mini
bibles, they teach
people to think.”
For Better or Worse
The Americanisation of British culture is an issue, the
Americanisation of black British culture is even more of an
issue! It’s almost seen as the Holy land and that they’ve
got it cracked over there, and unless you’ve been there you
can’t understand that so many things are much worse.
Director, Government Arts Organisation, London