Minority Rights 1948 - 2000 Flashcards
Why did the British invite people from their colonies to visit their mother land?
Their economy was drastically hit because of WW2, and they needed to rebuild the country and needed money, and there were a shortage of labourers
Windrush generation
1948, over a million people from common wealth countries entered Britain. It was hard to find jobs, and they were being racially discriminated
Immigration experiences
Racial segregation, where areas only allowed white people.
There were labour shortages, and people competed for low skill jobs, and unemployment was common for the common wealth people.
Some Indian doctors were recruited into the NHS
Landlords refused to lease their accommodations to black and Asian people
The government even tried to restrict immigrants from renting homes in some areas
Were the experiences of all the common wealth people the same?
Asian immigrants experiences differed to the Caribbean’s. They had different languages and religious beliefs, and they formed their own communities and businesses
Groups against immigrants?
Teddy Boys resented immigrants a lot, as they viewed the blacks to be ‘stealing their women’.
Tension exploded during the Nottinghill riots
Was racism common?
Yes pubs had ‘no Irish, no blacks, no dogs’
Nottinghill riots
1958, people believed there were too many immigrants
How did the government control immigration?
Passed common wealth immigration act to make workers apply for work vouchers.
Common wealth immigration acts
1962 - work vouchers needed
1968- only people with parents and grandparents from Britain could move
Immigration act 1971
Immigrants could only get temporary work permits, government encouraged people to move back, and helped
Who was Powell
Gave a speech about rivers of blood and promoted the idea of deportation and wanting non white people to return to their country of origin
Brixton riots 1981
Economical hardships hit the black communities, unemployment rose, and housing rose along with crimrate
New law allowed people to ‘stop and search’ people viewed it to be racially profiling
Scarman’s report 1981
Didn’t discover racism in the metropolitan police, but found racial prejudice.
Report ended the stop and search laws
Introduced police complaints authority
Stephen Lawrence
1993, racially motivated attack, police didnt respond
Police complaints authority
1985
