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Having dispatched the business end of this review. I am left to add the flourishes. Before I rush too far afield, however, let me tell you a little about the exhibit. The photographs were taken in Birmingham, England by Janct Mendelsohn and Richard Rodgers in 1968. Both Mendelsohn and Rodgers now teach at the Carpenter Center...
...Janet Mendelsohn's part of the exhibit concentrates on a description of Tina Donnelly, who lives in a different working section of Birmingham. Tina cranes money by soliciting. Several of her friends are also "on the game." They are part of a prevailing pattern in the neighborhood in which a white girl will live with and support her "colored" pimp. In England, "colored" refers to immigrants from the Commonwealth countries notably Pakistan, India, the West Indies and Jamaica...
British racial prejudice began early in Birmingham. Enoch Powell's constituency is in that area. One of the reasons many of the pimps are immigrants is that they have been discouraged by the prejudice they have met in more legitimate enterprises. Miss Mendelsohn said, however, that there seems to be an underlying trait shared by the girls on the game and their men. They find the routine of industrial life too restrictive. "That they choose to live the life they do," she said, "is an indication of a kind of strength, not weakness...
Other speakers included I.A. Richards, University professor emeritus, Charles Price, preacher to the University, and Everett I. Mendelsohn, associate professor of History and Science...
...Referring to the 2200 fasters Mendelsohn said, "I was very pleased to see these numbers participating. This is a very significant group when one looks at the total student body...