Article: Managing a polyethnic milieu: kinship and interaction in a London suburb.

Introduction

'How come your parents let you come here?', I asked a 16-year-old Hindu boy, his can of beer in one hand and a fragrant joint of marijuana in the other, at an Afro-Caribbean late-night concert or 'gig'. 'I told 'em I was goin' out with my cousins', he answered with a happy grin. 'How did you get into this mess?', I asked a 17-year-old Sikh just out of Borstal after a three-year sentence for armed robbery. 'It was my cousin Raj', was the shoulder-shrugging reply: 'he said I should come along'. 'Why did you bunk off school?', I asked the timid 12-year-old Afro-Caribbean boy from next-door. 'My cousin did, too'. 'If you don't get off, I'll get my cousin ...

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