I watched the Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony last night. I was looking very much forward to see the London 2012 show. It showed the artistic sides of London, with punk-haired dancers, grafitti art. Of course, the double-decker bus, red bus-stop and the red phone booth all represented London.
As a 'Londoner' (for 5 years only), it was nostalgic to watch it. I miss London so much.
The people who appeared on the London show are:
David Beckham - born in Leytonstone, a native Londoner. needless to introduce more.
Leona Lewis - from Hackney, a suburb of London. Afro-Caribbean and Welsh parentage. Winner of X Factor 2006.
Jimmy Page - from Heston, West London. Co-founder of Led Zeppelin.
A 10 year-old girl was given a ball and was passed to Beckham, before he kicked it away. The young girl was a viewer choice from Blue Peter, who is a British Asian from East London.
It is fantastic to show the world how multi-cultural London is, with its various ethnic minorities. Since UK is in the EU, and many new joined EU countries may have NO idea about multi-culturalism of UK, France and Germany.
Those newly joined countries were in the Communist rule for more than 40 to 50 years. For them, they only see one race - the white race. It is funny how a friend told me that, a Black guy from London was stopped when he went home from Slovakia. The Slovakian airport authority wanted to see his ticket out of the UK, when this guy was basically born and bred in London. So, should we call that being ignorant, or racist?
Anyhow, the London show actually shows them that London is so multicultural, with immigrants from all over the world, especially from the Commonwealth countries. So, for those EU countries who have never seen a non-white person before, it is time to wake up
