Jimmy Dillon


when his character was first introduced on the show, he seemed to think people would be prejudiced against him but I can't figure why that would be. What am I missing?

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Uh......

This is 1928 and he's half-Asian?

As late as 1968 with the arrival of Afro-Caribbean workers from the islands, there was rampant racism with epithets thrown and the infamous Enoch Powell "Rivers of Blood" speech.

How liberally minded was the business society of London in 1928 in terms of half-Asian businessmen?

Answers on a post card....

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