WOC Attitudes To Empire Flashcards
1948 how many in contact
25% if br pop in contact with relatives in dominions
National service until 1960
Why is there less emigration in late 1950s
Full employment and abolition of ns
Oswald Mosley
Union movement wanted anti immigration and advertised with pamphlets of black people with spears
Union movement survey
1962 90% support end to immigration
N London survey 1965
1/2 said would refuse to live next door to a black persons
Notting hill carnival
1964 to encourage groups to mix socially
Peter griffiths
Won a seat for conservatives with slogan “if you want a nigger for your neighbour vote Labour”
Eagle 1950
Informed writers foreigners cannot be depicted as enemies or villains
Tv replaces radio
Documentaries enabled the public to become more aware of culture
Immigration before 1947
Small- Indian soldiers temporarily billeted but exposure was minimal
When was empire day abolished
1962
Retaining cultural ties: games
Commonwealth games every 4 years from 1954
Retaining cultural ties: flag
Symbolism of Union Jack in corner eg nz and Fiji
Retaining cultural ties: Anglican Church
More members in Africa than Britain itself
What did society become subject too
Americanisation