Henry Bonsu

Remember, their parents were brought up in Britain. And for all the things we complain about, this is one of the freest countries in the world in terms of association, in terms of policing - because the majority of the police here still do not carry guns. A police officer can stop and search you, but cannot require you to produce an ID card. It is not an offence to have no ID on you in this country, as yet, where it is in other countries.

In many senses, minority communities have gained in confidence here in ways that they haven't in any other part of the majority white Western world. So, although we may appear weak, we can be stronger than we are. But because of the sense of security, and no really stark enemy - which is what you used to have in the '60s, '70s and '80s - this is one of the reasons why we have grown complacent. We no longer fear someone is going to come kill us in our beds. There are no more signs, 'No Dogs, No Irish, No Blacks'. Racism is now institutional as opposed to overt.

So people are getting busy, trying to make money. There is no collective corporate consciousness, that uhuru sense that we had in the '70s. That sense of energy and collective will that we had in the '60s, that would mean that, if you saw another Black person, you would cross the street to say 'Hello'. Our numbers have swollen to the degree that we are blasé about our presence in the street and elsewhere.