(Race & Immigration) Immigration attitudes towards ethnic minorities, 1918-1939 Flashcards
Racial attitudes - how did people at the heart of the European Empire see themselves as?
What does this directly relate to?
White, civilised and superior to the ‘coloured’ people they colonised.
Victorian Race Theory
Racial attitudes - what is the Victorian Race Theory?
A feeling present in much of the White British population at the time - used to justify slavery.
Racial attitudes - how was the Victorian Race Theory formed?
Centuries of European colonialism and Victorian science.
Race Riots - what happened in the summer of 1919?
An explosion of race riots across dock cities.
Race Riots - in what city where these race riots particularly appalling?
Liverpool
Race Riots - what were the causes of the race riots?
The demobilisation of White British troops from Western front as they were angered what they had returned to with women and minority workers in factories.
Race Riots - what were the 3 impacts of the race riots?
Repatriation
The Alien Orders Act, 1920
Special Restrictions Act, 1925
Race Riots - one of the impacts of the race riots was repatriation.
Explain this.
Sending people ‘home’ to their ‘countries of origin’.
Race Riots - one of the impacts of the race riots was the Alien Orders Act of 1920.
Explain this.
Migrant workers had to register with police before seeking work; those who didn’t faced deportation.
Only applied to Black and Asian minorities.
Race Riots - one of the impacts of the race riots was the Special Restrictions Act of 1925.
Explain this.
(2)
‘Coloured’ seamen had to prove citizenship to immigration authorities or face deportation.
Led to hostile environment for migrants and normalised racial discrimination, encouraging them to leave so the government had a legal framework to repatriate them.
Race Riots - what did the Special Restrictions Act of 1925 assume?
Coloured seamen were non-British unless they could prove their status as citizens.
Race Riots - what is the Special Restrictions Act of 1925 believed to be by historians?
The first instance of state-sanctioned race discrimination in Britain to come to widespread notice.
Anti-imperialism & anti-racism - what is proof of anti-imperialism and anti-racism attitudes existing in the 20s and 30s?
A number of groups existed fighting for the rights of black, Asian & Jewish workers.
Anti-imperialism & anti-racism - what 2 influential civil rights groups existed in the 20s/30s?
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)
International African Service Bureau (IASB).
Anti-imperialism & anti-racism - explain what the International African Service Bureau (IASB) did.
(2)
Established in London, 1937.
Lobbied for black & Asian people to have equal access to healthcare and shopping facilities.
