In the south London suburb where the racist murder of a black teenager sparked a national reckoning, racial tensions may have abated but distrust still lingers
“Some people said back in ’93, ethnic [minority] people couldn’t walk in Eltham because of the threat [from white people]. It has changed but I can still feel it. Eltham, Welling – these are places that I am not comfortable with … there is a shadow of it,” Takada said.
“It is important that the memorial plaque is there to let people know what happened and it’s not forgotten and it shouldn’t happen again. We’ve got this reminder,” she added, pointing at the granite square on the ground etched with the date Lawrence was born and died. “Whether it still is? I don’t think it is. I think drugs are more of a problem than racial hatred. I don’t see any racial hatred here but I think some people do and that’s why they don’t move here,” she added.Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian
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