cornelius walker's mother and father had seen enough of peckham. way of life, they thought. over here. ijust honestly wanted to help people who have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black girls would say

cornelius walker's mother and father had seen enough of peckham.ssex for a safer way of life, they thought. over here. ijust honestly wanted to help people who have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black

cornelius walker will be there in hollywood, a talented 27—year—old embarking on a new chapter in hise. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton arsenal's struggles away from home continue — as they slip at bate borisov while their london rivals chelsea fare better in sweden. and defeat at home to valencia leaves celtic with a mountain to climb to salvage their europa league dreams. and athletics governing body hits back at a report it suggested caster semenya should be classed as biological male . hello and welcome to the programme, no love for arsenal's performance in tonight's europea league tie this valentine's day, after they slumped to a i—nil defeat in belarus against bate borisov, their first win over an english side at home in european competition. paul garrity was watching. since december, arsenal has been very hit and miss, so which team would turn up they were good but it was quoted to the next squandered, but that optim

coming m, perkins and cornelius walker coming in, the directorand perkins and cornelius walker1 years old in november 2000 when evan owen taylor was killed, so he was the same age, living in london. you will remember that was the young boy in his blunder, peckham, who was killed, found ina blunder, peckham, who was killed, found in a block of flats, and he died there of his injuries. and cornelius, this is in telling his own story in the short film which is the documentary short category at the documentary short category at the oscars, he tells about the moment in his life when he was 11 yea rs old moment in his life when he was 11 years old and he moved out of london and came across a group of racists, young racist gang, and it is about the story of how — what, how he changed and what happens to him, and extraordinaire time in his life, a compelling film, 35 minutes long, a huge... when you say he was changed, he changed to fit in and that is what is so surprising, a brave story and interesting as well. it is later this morning but i encourage you if you get the chance, watch

when 10 year—old damilola taylor was killed in november 2000, everything changed for cornelius walkerbut first lets take a look. at the time i had the spiky hair that was the thing back in the day, soi that was the thing back in the day, so i literally would buy this thing that was contextualise that would straighten your hair. and then i just got the accent, started putting a bit of swing on it. like you are right, you all right? sojust talking like them, like i want to be like you. i rememberthinking talking like them, like i want to be like you. i remember thinking to myself, the perfect white man has blue eyes. so i went to a local shop andi blue eyes. so i went to a local shop and i bought blue contact lenses. in the final thing i did was i bleached my skin. i rememberthe the final thing i did was i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it, i member putting it on my hand and looking at my skin in the mirrorand hand and looking at my skin in the mirror and being hand and looking at my skin in the mirrorand being like, it is hand and looking at my skin in the mirror and