President Barack Obama

[DanaC]

Yes I do, sundae. There is a massive problem in the uk of a lack of positive role models for young black men, exacerbated by the familial break down attendant upon the particular circumstances of black communities in the UK. There is a problem in school around a lack of ambition for these boys; a cultural expectation that they will perform badly and go nowhere. There is very little in the world to balance out that picture for them. Most images of black culture are negative, or idealised to the point of fantasy. Even now, black footballers face monkey calls and racist taunts.

yes, I think it's massive, and has a huge impact. Every first has an impact. I heard a story recently; a young black woman growing up in 1980s Britain, even if she hadnt intended to clothes shop, if she went past a shop and there was a black mannequin in the window, she;d go in and buy whatever that mannequin was wearing. It didnt happen often.

Football and athletic sports have had a black presence for a long time; it is deemed 'appropriate' almost that theybe there. Grand Prix has historically been a sport of the wealthy and the white. This is different to running onto the pitch in an England strip, important though that is.