1980: BBC (1981) “Rioters,
predominantly young black men, fought police.” “More than 300 people injured”
1980’s
The 1980’s
showed the beginning of Thatcher’s conservative Britain with the introduction
of American capitalist ideas about individualism, consumerism and greed . These
ideology’s led to taking from the poor to give to the rich causing a mass of
unemployment across the country. The Daily Mirror February 1989 did an article
about how the government were trying to force youth into a training scheme
showing that this un-fair society even went down to the youth. As without being
part of this training scheme they could not gain any benefits but the problem
was there weren’t enough positions for all youth. The article “Frankie goes to
Downing Street” shows celebrities getting involved to try and help the youth
out. This example of youth in Thatcher’s Britain as they describe them as
‘jobless school leavers’ making them out to almost be lazy showing that the
adults need to take control of their lives.
Task 1:
Find a quote from 1989 Hillsborough
disaster. Or another relevant quote from 1980s showing youth.
Task 2:
Rita, Sue and Bob too
Film to watch from youtube.
Make notes on the representations of youth
that are shown.
