»If I had been born at the top of my street, behind the corrugated-iron
border, I would have been British. Incredible to think. My whole idea of
myself, the attachments made to a culture, heritage, religion, nationalism and
politics are all an accident of birth. I was one street away from being born
my ‘enemy’.«
Paul McVeigh, Belfast-born writer
"Photographer Toby Binder has been documenting the daily life of teenagers in
British working-class communities for more than a decade. After the Brexit
referendum he focused his work on Belfast in Northern Ireland. There is a
serious concern that Brexit will threaten the Peace Agreement of 1998 that
ended the armed conflict between Protestant Unionists and Catholic
Nationalists who live in homogeneous neighborhoods that are divided by walls
till today. Old conflicts may recur, compromising the youth’s future prospects
on both communities. Nevertheless, being underage, most teenagers were not
allowed to vote in the referendum. Problems they struggle with are similar –
no matter which side of the “Peace Walls” they live on. And whatever the
effects of Brexit will be, it‘s very likely that they will strike especially
young people from both communities." (via)
photographs by Toby Binder
via
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