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11 Cards in this Set
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Immigrants vs outward migration in the 50s |
676,000 immigrants 1.32 million outward migration |
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Immigrants vs outward migration 1960s |
Immigrants 1.25 million Outward migration 1.92 million |
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Notting Hill Riots 1958 |
August 1958 - violence due to racial and housing tensions White youths attacked West Indians leading to fighting Police unprepared & unexperienced |
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Empire Windrush 1948 |
Sailed from Jamaica May 1948 - carrying 492 migrant workers Symbol of new wave of Afro-Caribbean immigration to Britain |
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Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 |
Controlled the number of immigrants allowed into Britain
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Attitudes to immigration 1965 |
1/5 objected to working with black people/Asians HALF would refuse to live next door to a black person 9/10 disapproved of mixed marriages |
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Race Relations Act 1965 |
Banned discrimination 'on grounds of color/race/ethnic or national origins' in PUBLIC PLACES - but not housing or employment Race Relations Board set up to deal with complaints - but dismissed majority of complaints due to 'lack of evidence' |
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Commonwealth Immigration Act 1968 |
Passed due to sudden influx of Kenyan Asians Limited right to return to Britain for non-white Commonwealth citizens |
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Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of blood' speech 1968 |
Made in response to sudden arrival of many Kenyan Asians Condemned by Heath & sacked However much public support - 75% population (Gallup poll) and strikes/ protest marches |
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Race Relations Act 1968 |
Banned racial discrimination in housing, employment, insurance etc. Stronger powers but employers still found ways out of it Race Relations Board only upheld 10% of complaints about employment to 1972 - victims lost faith |
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Positive aspects of immigration |
Notting Hill Carnival annual event from 1964 Foreign food shops set up Youth culture use elements of ethnic communities e.g. Hippies clothing, West Indian music, Beatles converted to Eastern customs like yoga etc. |
