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Discussion On The Issue Of Race Relations In The 1960s And 1970s

Posted on:2017-02-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G Z YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330482498111Subject:World History
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After the Second World War, the large number of immigrants into the United Kingdom, changing the main structure of the British population, especially in twentieth Century after sixty or seventy years, in this short period of time, a large number of different colored immigrants with all aspects of the English language, culture, religion and other caused by the influx of British ethnic tensions in Britain the government and the people holding the attitude of hostility to immigrants, caused by the particularity of duality and the United Kingdom law on immigration status is uncertain, ignoring the two generation immigrant immigration status, have led to the immigration in housing, employment, education and other aspects of discrimination against ethnic and racial conflicts, contradictions have become increasingly prominent many British race riots, especially from the fifty or sixty’s large scale and no organization a racist attack to sixty or seventy’s organization, the frequent occurrence of race Riots and British politics in the published a speech for colored immigrants "rivers of blood" is famous in the world of the Powell doctrine. Until 1976, immigrants to enter the United Kingdom since 1948 has been nearly 30 years, they exist in various fields caused by the inequality of hate, in addition, in view of the negative impact of race relations of British society, the British government gradually take measures to solve the problems of race relations through its territory, is committed to maintaining domestic racial equality, promulgated the "1965 Race Relations Act" and other laws, attempts were made in the adjustment of ethnic relations, and the "1976 Race Relations Act" introduced to some extent eased the race relations in Britain, is the legal basis for the British government to solve the issue of race relations, in order to ensure the implementation and execution of the race relations act is not enough the situation, Racial Equality Committee and other specialized institutions also makes to provide legal guarantee for immigration at the same time, strengthen law enforcement efforts, trying to avoid any direct or indirect discrimination by race, especially in relation to the housing, employment and education of the people of color, and to ensure the basic development rights of the coloured immigrants. However, from the implementation of the law to the reality of the implementation of the journey is still very long, to this day, the problem of racial relations in the United Kingdom still exist.
Keywords/Search Tags:British, Race Relations, Powellism
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