Social Developments: Immigration and Race Relations - Culture and Laws Flashcards
What Black culture came to Britain that became popular with white youth?
Rastafarianism
How were Punk and Rastafarianism similar?
They both rejected The Establishment and consumerism
What did The Clash do with Rastafarianism?
They adapted a reggae style to some of their songs
What did the fusion of Rastafarianism and Punk help to create?
Rock Against Racism
Why was Rock Against Racism created?
Because Eric Clapton supported Enoch Powell
When was RAR founded?
1976
What was the scale of Rock Against Racism with the amount of concerts they had?
Within a year they had 200 concerts lined up
What was the scale of one Rock Against Racism Concert in London?
They performed in Trafalgar Square to over 100,000 people
What happened in 1971 which attempted to limit immigration?
1971 Immigration Act
What did thje 1971 commonwealth immigrations act state?
New Commonwealth immigrants could only come in to the country if they had a guaranteed job and at least 1 grandparent born in Britain
What event caused the 1971 Immigrations act to end?
1973 Ugandan Asians Incident
What did Labour introduce to help with race relations instead?
Created the 1976 Race Relations Act
What did the 1976 act do?
Created a Racial Equality Commissions board and banned discrimination in Education and Employment
What did it become illegal to do with racial hatred after 1976?
It became illegal to incite racial hatred
What fraction of immigrants in the country with university level degrees to British standards only worked in labour jobs?
1/5
