Social Developments: Acts and Opposition to Immigration and Race Relations Flashcards
What populations started to immigrate to Britain more in the 1960’s?
Asians
What was an issue with Asian Immigration for British Culture?
Whole families came over building up new communities
Why would Asian Immigration be a significant problem for the British public?
They would be more racist to Asians
What did a London survey in 1965 show about British people wanting to work with Black or Asian people?
1 in 5 objected to working with them
What anti-immigrant party was made in 1967?
National Front
What was the background of the National Front?
It was the accumulation of multiple small fascist party’s in Britain
What was the focus of The National Front?
Banning immigration and expelling settled immigrants from Britain
What did the first Race Relations Act ban?
Discrimination in public places
What was a limitation of the first Race Relations Act?
Discrimination in Housing and Employment continued
When was the second Race Relations Act passed?
1968
What did the second Race Relations Act ban and give more power to?
Discrimination in housing and employment. Gave more power to the Race Relations Board
What were the limitations of the employment discrimination ban?
Employees could still discriminate to keep a racial balance
What were the limitations of the Race Relations Board?
They did not respond to more complaints Still only responded to around 10% of complaints
What is significant about the little effort by the Race Relations board?
People experiencing discrimination would be discouraged to report it as they wouldn’t get a response
How were the police affected by the second Race Relations Act?
They were excluded from complaints
What is Significant about police position in the 2nd Race Relations Act?
They could continue to discriminate against people from other races
What is a law that police followed which supported discrimination?
Sus Law
What is the Sus Law?
Police could stop and search you if they thought you looked suspicious
What famous speech did Enoch Powell make about immigration? What year?
Rivers of Blood speech, 1968
What was the political impact of Powell’s speech?
Due to words he used being similar to NF causes, some Conservative MP’S Detected to the NF
What did a poll show about support for Enoch Powell?
75% of British Public supported Enoch Powell
What protest did Enoch Powell start from his speech?
1000 Dockworkers marched through London in support of him
What is significant about Dockworkers marching in support of a Conservatives ideas?
Dockworkers were usually Labour voters
What did Enoch Powell’s speech represent about using methods to get Labour voters to Conservative?
He targeted the working class fear of increased immigration
