Commonwealth Immigration Flashcards
What did Gest say?
‘Racism is a mute button pressed on someone while they are still crying out about a sense of loss’
Multiculturalism
a mix of cultures, where white may not be majority
Assimilation
minority group replace their values and culture for that of the majority
Ethno-culturalism
the historical ethnic majority is preserved, while still welcoming those from other nations
Cosmopolitanism
a view of one society, where majority culture reflects minority influences
Race
A category based on skin colour. Socially constructed.
Ethnicity
category encompassing race, language and religious identity
Culture
attitudes, customs and social behaviour of a particular group
Nationality
legally recognised status of a person’s membership to a state, not necessarily citizenship
What was the Nationality Act?
In 1948, ‘British subjects’ could work. Wanted old Commonwealth, not new.
What was ACJ criticised for?
Labour member Arthur Creech Jones for allowing ‘an invasion of West Indians’
Conservatism
Keeping things as they were
Churchill in the 1950s?
Called immigration ‘the colour problem’
Why did conservatist views grow?
Threat to ethno-culturalism as West and East Africans arrived with different views on sex and monogamy.
What was the goal?
Assimilation
