The story of that black player | "Journey under our skin" trial

Later, the survival status of African ethnic groups in the period of the great sailing, and the difficult history of the black group's exploring identity identity

A hybrid prose, travel notes and other styles of narrative non -fictional works

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For a moment, it is formed, and time is actually a thing. Some things are so big that we cannot move or embrace them; some are eternal, just like the lonely white city reflected in the water of the Sad River now, and it and the Karapus River and Arabia in Rome then The scene reflected in the water of the Chate River is the same.

In the words of Lipodina, this is a change in the universe and civilization.

I returned to the apartment's room and lay on the bed. There was nothing special to do, so I turned on the TV. I skipped various channels until I finally stopped at the BBC Entertainment Channel, and it was playing a British era drama. The story is based on the life of the first black professional football player Walter Turl. He is a center and one of the first scorers in the England Football League. It can be said that the racism on the European football field starts from Turl.

Walter Tur (athlete period)

However, I soon realized that Walter Turl, the BBC series program, was a side that I didn't know at all.

The protagonist in the film wore a khaki military uniform and was a student of the British Army Officer School. One of them, when Tur and the students returned to the dormitory on the first night, he found that the students' shoes were neatly arranged by the bed, and there was a brush and a jar of shoe oil next to it. The principal did not hide his surprise to see a black student and tried to make him unable to pass the exam. The principal told him that the rules and regulations of the British Army clearly wrote: "The British soldiers did not obey the orders of blacks, mixed -race officers or non -Europeans."

According to official information, Turl was born in Britain in 1888 and was the son of the immigrants of Barbados. His grandfather was a cane who was cut. After Tur and his brother Edward became an orphan, he was sent to an orphanage in London, where he began to play football. After finishing middle school education, he joined a London's amateur football club, Clapton. In the 1908-1909 season, Walter Tur helped the team to achieve good results and won the championship of the amateur cup, London Advanced Cup and London County Amateur Cup. Sports newspaper said that Tur was "the dark horse of the season" and praised him "with extraordinary leg method and far exceeding the average level." Later, he was immediately signed by the Tottenham Tottenham Football Club, becoming the second black professional player in England after the goalkeeper Arthur Walton.

In the movie about his life, Tur finally pursued a red -haired freckle female chef. While walking by the river, he revealed to her that she had been to Argentina and Uruguay with her team. After Latin America's trip, Tur received a 10 -pounded contract from Tottenham and a salary of 4 pounds per week. Next season, the team is promoted to the League A League. The media's favor for Tur was in sharp contrast to the racist pressure he faced on the court. He must play in front of 30,000 angry fans with racial prejudice.

Although he was very talented, the club was still unable to deal with racial problems properly, so Walter Turl was forced to replace the club. In 1914, he signed a contract with the Glasgow Wanderer football club. But at this time, the First World War broke out, and he could no longer continue to play. This is what I used to know about this character.

Walter Tur (During the Army)

Later I learned that in January 1916, the former football player fell ill in the Battle of the Somme and was returned to the UK. His performance on the battlefield left a deep impression on the officers, and was recommended to promote it.

After the rehabilitation, Walter Tur became the first black officer in the history of the British Army, and he broke all the regulations. Tur returned to the gunfire as a soldier commander, but he finally died of serious injuries and died in the battlefield. Although his men have tried many times, his body has never been found.

(This article is selected from "Journey Under our skin")

This book consists of two travels. On the one hand, in order to fulfill his promise to friends, "I" came to the Aliteri area of ​​Portugal and followed the river of the Sad River to pursue the trace of the bleeding of black slaves in this area since the 18th century; on the other hand, on the other hand, The death of his stepfather made "I" back to Lisbon who had been away for many years.

Skin tone and race are the theme of the ancient times. "Journey under our skin" uses a two -line narrative method, mixed novels, prose, travel notes, biographies and other literary styles. The survival history of Africans in Portugal and even Europe cleverly unveiled the history of forgotten, and discussed how the black ethnic groups obtained their identity in the white world.

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