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Small Axe: Steve McQueen’s five magnificent gifts
A rookie cop is playing a card game at the police station. He draws the ace of spades and his new colleagues start laughing.He’s not sure how to respond.
“Whoever draws the ace of spades has to go nick the first black b**tard he claps his eyes on,” they tell him.
“Nick him for what,” the confused newbie asks.
“You’ll learn.”
The short exchange in Mangrove is as jaw-dropping as it is mundane, the illustration of blatant racism and yet the total lack of surprise at it. Of course, that’s how you create…
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