BIRTHS UP' would be about an increase in the black population. Many of the connotations of the word 'black' are to be found in Britain's colonial past...In most white people's minds dark pigmentation is associated with 'dirt, poverty, low social status, low intelligence, animal sexuality, primitiveness, violence and a general inferiority...If black people arrived in Britain with the stigma of slavery and subordinate colonial status attached to them, as immigrants they came to be associated with undesirable behaviour such as mugging, and with social problems such as urban decay, poor housing and overcrowding. The ease with which negative symbols can be culled from their colonial history and their present status are perfectly encapsulated in the Daily Express headline, 'POLICE FIND 40 INDIANS IN BLACK HOLE'...(Braham; 1982,268).
             Nowadays, the above problems are not only associated with black people but also with immigrants such as those from India, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan and other such countries. However the way in which broadcasters and the press treat black people and the minority of black people in broadcasting and the press is still a problem. It has become widely noticed that black people are not given the media coverage that they deserve.
             It seems that the only recent radical change in the media for black people has
             ...