Bring Brummie: Football and Race Relations in the Second City

Content Warning: this episode features discussions of racism, xenophobia, and football violence, and also includes strong language, including the repetition of racial slurs. Episode 2 of Being Brummie explores the parallels between Birmingham's current political climate, and its history of political polarisation, anti-immigrant sentiment, and Far Right influence in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Hij...

Content Warning: this episode features discussions of racism, xenophobia, and football violence, and also includes strong language, including the repetition of racial slurs. Episode 1 of Being Brummie delves into Birmingham's history of immigration from the 1820s, fifty years before the city's football teams came into being, all the way through to the 1960s and 70s. Hijab Shah explores the...

Birmingham has been in the news lately, as racial tensions have flared up across one of the UK's most multicultural cities. Football has — yet again, as in the city's past — become embroiled in those tensions as well. "Being Brummie" is a three-part podcast documentary series, hosted by Hijab Shah. She chats with Brummie- (and some non-Brummie-) football fans of different backgro...