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    The document discusses the creation and history of the Notting Hill Carnival in London. It was created as a way for the marginalized black community in Notting Hill to express their Caribbean culture and serve as a symbol of their struggle against racism. Over time, the Carnival became a major tourist attraction for London, helping to integrate aspects of Caribbean culture, though full integration of those with Caribbean descent may not have occurred. The neighborhood of Notting Hill itself has undergone significant changes from slums to an affluent area.

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    The document discusses the creation and history of the Notting Hill Carnival in London. It was created as a way for the marginalized black community in Notting Hill to express their Caribbean culture and serve as a symbol of their struggle against racism. Over time, the Carnival became a major tourist attraction for London, helping to integrate aspects of Caribbean culture, though full integration of those with Caribbean descent may not have occurred. The neighborhood of Notting Hill itself has undergone significant changes from slums to an affluent area.

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    The document discusses the creation and history of the Notting Hill Carnival in London. It was created as a way for the marginalized black community in Notting Hill to express their Caribbean culture and serve as a symbol of their struggle against racism. Over time, the Carnival became a major tourist attraction for London, helping to integrate aspects of Caribbean culture, though full integration of those with Caribbean descent may not have occurred. The neighborhood of Notting Hill itself has undergone significant changes from slums to an affluent area.

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    - Creation of the Notting Hill Carnival (consequence of the marginalization of the black

    community in Notting Hill)


    - NHC as a place of expression for the Caribbean culture> significance of Carnival, symbolics
    - NHC as a souvenir of the black struggle in London
    - NHC became a London touristic attraction
    - Integration of the Caribbean culture but can we speak of the integration of the Britons of
    Caribbean-descent.

    HOW THE COLONIES REBUILT BRITAIN ?

    - New types of food (due to the British empire)


    - Rebuilt Britain using a cheap labour
    - Rebuilt London’s neighbourhood

    British identity threatened ?

    - Racist parties
    - Theory of race
    - Discrimination
    - Race riots in Notting Hill
    - Creation of the Notting Hill Carnival

    Notting Hill in constant change ?

    - Notting Hill Carnival the only memory of the black struggle ?


    - Notting Hill transformation : slums to posh
    - The importance of the migrant culture

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