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Cleopatra Clarke
Bordeaux “Bordy” Clarke is Maxine’s father. He emigrated to London from Jamaica with his parents at a young age, and as a young adult, he earned the admiration of others in his community after obtaining a degree from an English university. He becomes a mathematician, and after he obtains a teaching position in Australia, he and Cleopatra move to Australia to start their family. Compared to Cleopatra, Bordeaux is not as present in the Clarke household, but he is shown to bond with his children by sharing his music with them and building them things, such as their own BMX bikes. However, he ultimately leaves Cleopatra for his affair partner, fracturing the family.
Bordeaux Mathias Nathanial “Bordy” Clarke Quotes in The Hate Race
The The Hate Race quotes below are all either spoken by Bordeaux Mathias Nathanial “Bordy” Clarke or refer to Bordeaux Mathias Nathanial “Bordy” Clarke. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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Despite these racial tensions, migrants of colour and their British-born children had truly made London their home. In Tottenham, a few island grocery shops had sprung up: aisles stacked with jerk seasoning, tinned ackee, smoked salt fish and bruised plantains. The occasional black hair salon could be seen, with racks of multi-coloured hair-weave pieces, giant tubs of sticky dreadlock wax and netted sleeping caps spilling onto the footpaths. After twenty or so years, a strong black community was being forged.
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Chapter 2
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Cleopatra reached instinctively for one of the few coloured packets in the cheese section of the refrigerator. Bordeaux caught his young wife’s hand mid-air, recoiling in shock. In giant blue lettering, the word coon leered at them.
Again, those beasts of doubt, waking and turning, deep in my mother’s gut. What have we done? What have we done?!
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Bordeaux Mathias Nathanial “Bordy” Clarke Quotes in The Hate Race
The The Hate Race quotes below are all either spoken by Bordeaux Mathias Nathanial “Bordy” Clarke or refer to Bordeaux Mathias Nathanial “Bordy” Clarke. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
Quotes
Despite these racial tensions, migrants of colour and their British-born children had truly made London their home. In Tottenham, a few island grocery shops had sprung up: aisles stacked with jerk seasoning, tinned ackee, smoked salt fish and bruised plantains. The occasional black hair salon could be seen, with racks of multi-coloured hair-weave pieces, giant tubs of sticky dreadlock wax and netted sleeping caps spilling onto the footpaths. After twenty or so years, a strong black community was being forged.
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Chapter 2
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Cleopatra reached instinctively for one of the few coloured packets in the cheese section of the refrigerator. Bordeaux caught his young wife’s hand mid-air, recoiling in shock. In giant blue lettering, the word coon leered at them.
Again, those beasts of doubt, waking and turning, deep in my mother’s gut. What have we done? What have we done?!
