Delroy Lindo
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I'm examining culture.
I'm looking at certain passages of history through the lens of the Windrush experience.
I got a master's from NYU in 2014.
I came to formal education late.
I got my undergrad degree in 2004 from San Francisco State University.
And I got my master's from NYU in 2014.
I had to because...
My mom deserved it.
And not only is my mom deserving, all, by extension, all the people of the Windrush generation are deserving.
Because stories about Windrush are not part of global cultural lexicon commensurate with its impact.
The people of Windrush changed the definition of what it means to be British.
There are all these black and brown people, theretofore members of what used to be called the British Commonwealth.
And they were invited by the British government to come to England, the United Kingdom, to help rebuild the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the destruction of World War II.
My mom was part of that movement.