Indledning
For a long time,the United Kingdom has been a multicultural state composed of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The UK had several waves of emigrants, though the first were Europeans arriving in the 19th century .Now the ethnic minorities constitute about 14% of the total UK population, that’s around 9 million people .
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Uddrag
Rita Patel is the main character of the short story, and the events are seen through her eyes. In just the first 5 pages of the short story we learn a lot about her and how she acts.
An interesting element of Rita is her desire to have lighter skin: “instead of moisturizer, I applied Fair and Beautiful bleaching cream. Since discovering it in an Indian shop in Southall, I`d rub it into any exposed part of my skin” (p. 1, l. 8-10)
This tells us that she doesn’t feel like she fits in with her peers. This is also a link to the title of the story.
Like a chameleon, Rita tries to change her appearance to look more like the environment she lives in. – Which in this case is Britain, where the majority of people are White.
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