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Date Submitted: 05/03/2016 01:24 AM
Cherie Keeling – E4784836
DD102 – TMA02 – Part 1
Question: Drawing on what you have learnt from the DD102 module materials and your work on TMA 01, outline some examples of difference on City Road, Cardiff.
Difference is a concept in social science that relates to variation in social groups based on age, gender, class, race, sexuality, disability and ethnicity. This essay looks at some examples of difference in more detail on city road in Cardiff. I have focused largely on ethnicity, disability & class. I have also highlighted where difference has become inequality.
As a result of migration City Road is home to a wide range of shops selling a mix of products and cuisines aimed at different cultures and ethnic groups. An example of this is shown in connecting lives (The Open University, 2014a). Nof Al Kelaby is an owner of an Arabic restaurant called La shish, however this business is not the first Nof has owned on City Road. Nof set up a restaurant in the 1990s called The Hawaiian based on the Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii, the restaurant was very popular, catering for hen parties and various other similar celebrations. It attracted people from all over Cardiff, however due to competition from large restaurants in the newly redeveloped Cardiff Bay and after attempting to revamp the business to increase custom again, Nof closed the restaurant after 15 years of trading and reopened as La Shish. After noticing the recent trend of shisha pipe smoking and doing some research Nof realised that there was money to be made from the increase in migrants on City Road. La Shish offers Arabic & Mediterranean cuisine and also has a shisha pipe smoking area at the back. Nof’s new restaurant is visited several times a week by regular consumers and is very popular with ethnic groups on City Road in particular the Arab community, reconnecting Nof with his Iraqi roots.
Another difference is that of disability, in connecting lives (The Open University, 2014a) Stephen...