Attitudes towards minority ethnic groups 1918-39

Question 1

‘Alien’ workers

Answer 1

Widespread discrimination 1918-39 - white people tended to view people of colour as ‘alien’, ‘inferior’ or ‘un-British’.

Question 2

Discrimination in the 1930s

Answer 2

Black people more likely to be unemployed than white people.
League of Coloured People reported that 805 of black and Asian men had been unemployed for a prolonged period - only 30% of white men.

Question 3

The CPGB

Answer 3

Communist Party of Great Britain.
Significant role in the fight against racism in the interwar period.

Question 4

The IASB

Answer 4

International African Service Bureau.
Established a newspaper - International African Opinion, encouraged readers to lobby their MPs for black rights.
For equal access to healthcare facilities.