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50 Years Since Racism Ruled In Britain
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What a long way we have come in 50 years. Good job the EDL weren't around then !
What a long way we have come in 50 years. Good job the EDL weren't around then !
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Have we?.....I wonder.
As far as the NHS is concerned, in 1960 and you were black, then you had no chance in getting a job as a doctor or a nurse.
In the 70's, because of difficulty in filling the posts, blacks were appointed but only in the most junior and less prestigious posts.
In the 90's in the NHS there is still racism as there is in the rest oft the UK.
How far have we come?.......some way.....but hardly a "long way."
Have we?.....I wonder.
As far as the NHS is concerned, in 1960 and you were black, then you had no chance in getting a job as a doctor or a nurse.
In the 70's, because of difficulty in filling the posts, blacks were appointed but only in the most junior and less prestigious posts.
In the 90's in the NHS there is still racism as there is in the rest oft the UK.
How far have we come?.......some way.....but hardly a "long way."
Pixie...yes, shocking but hardly an isolated incident. I am 60 this year so I remember the 1960's very well. Overt racism like this was the norm, not the exception. Nowadays people still mumble on about "Pak1s" but racism was naked back then.
What is odd about Bristol is that it has one of the oldest black communities in Britain. It was an important component of the slave trade, being one of the main ports from which the plantations in the Caribbean was served. When slavery was outlawed in Britain, cities like Bristol and Liverpool suddenly had a black population, with very little work to do. You may find the following of some interest :::
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What is odd about Bristol is that it has one of the oldest black communities in Britain. It was an important component of the slave trade, being one of the main ports from which the plantations in the Caribbean was served. When slavery was outlawed in Britain, cities like Bristol and Liverpool suddenly had a black population, with very little work to do. You may find the following of some interest :::
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A female white acquaintance manages a large catering franchise at a Heathrow terminal. She tells me there is rampant racism amounts the predominantly black and asian staff. Hindus will not accept instructions from lower castes, moslems or afro-caribbean's. Bottom of the pile seems to be north africans.
Sqad....Your knowledge of the NHS is vastly superior to mine, so I am not able to gainsay you, nor do I have any desire to do so.
But I would contend that we have indeed come a long way since those days before the Race Relations Act. My father once literally chucked a black family out of his small corner shop, purely because they were not white. It was something that even as an eleven year old I thought just wasn't right, but he was somewhat of a tyrant, so my Mum and I just humoured him. Not a very proud moment in my families history I'm afraid. What made it rather difficult to understand was that as young Irishman in the 1930's, coming to Kilburn with his mother, to find work, he was subject to appalling racism himself, like the signs outside boarding houses which said " no blacks, no dogs and no Irish"
The passing of the Act was a watershed for Britain. You can't easily stop racism, as we can see from our news media on a daily basis, but we can outlaw it, which is what the Labour did in 1965. The law had its defects, however, so another law was passed in 1968, and again in the years following.
An interesting aspect of the 1965 legislation may not be widely known....Northern Ireland was not included in its remit. I wonder why !
But I would contend that we have indeed come a long way since those days before the Race Relations Act. My father once literally chucked a black family out of his small corner shop, purely because they were not white. It was something that even as an eleven year old I thought just wasn't right, but he was somewhat of a tyrant, so my Mum and I just humoured him. Not a very proud moment in my families history I'm afraid. What made it rather difficult to understand was that as young Irishman in the 1930's, coming to Kilburn with his mother, to find work, he was subject to appalling racism himself, like the signs outside boarding houses which said " no blacks, no dogs and no Irish"
The passing of the Act was a watershed for Britain. You can't easily stop racism, as we can see from our news media on a daily basis, but we can outlaw it, which is what the Labour did in 1965. The law had its defects, however, so another law was passed in 1968, and again in the years following.
An interesting aspect of the 1965 legislation may not be widely known....Northern Ireland was not included in its remit. I wonder why !
Not sure why you single out the EDL, surely the National front, which were around, were far worse? (Surprised you didnt manage to get a snipe at UKIP whilst you were at it)
The problem with this article is that it is written by the liberal thinknig BBC. I'm not sure it is that far on, laws may ban the 'FOR Sale - NO Blacks' signs often seen in brum when I was young but that does not mean ordinary peolpe do not harbour feelings, it has simply been driven underground to fester.
I dont think we will see an end to it totally in my lifetime, nor, sadly, in my childrens lifetime especially whilst groups like the Asian muslim communities dissacciate themselves from the rest of us.
The problem with this article is that it is written by the liberal thinknig BBC. I'm not sure it is that far on, laws may ban the 'FOR Sale - NO Blacks' signs often seen in brum when I was young but that does not mean ordinary peolpe do not harbour feelings, it has simply been driven underground to fester.
I dont think we will see an end to it totally in my lifetime, nor, sadly, in my childrens lifetime especially whilst groups like the Asian muslim communities dissacciate themselves from the rest of us.
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Two facts YMB.
Actually, the National Front was formed on the 7th Of February 1967, two years after the Bristol Bus Boycott.
Most of the thugs that comprise the EDL were not even born in 1967.
I am never quite sure what people have against the BBC, but here's a couple of non-BBC links to the era anyway ....
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Actually, the National Front was formed on the 7th Of February 1967, two years after the Bristol Bus Boycott.
Most of the thugs that comprise the EDL were not even born in 1967.
I am never quite sure what people have against the BBC, but here's a couple of non-BBC links to the era anyway ....
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youngmafbog
but that does not mean ordinary peolpe do not harbour feelings, it has simply been driven underground to fester.
I don't think that's really true.
If ordinary peolpe (sic) felt the same as they did in the 1960s, then it would mean that race relations have not progressed in half a century.
I think they have - at least that's what I observe where I live. Might be different in other parts of the country.
but that does not mean ordinary peolpe do not harbour feelings, it has simply been driven underground to fester.
I don't think that's really true.
If ordinary peolpe (sic) felt the same as they did in the 1960s, then it would mean that race relations have not progressed in half a century.
I think they have - at least that's what I observe where I live. Might be different in other parts of the country.
good that someone actually mentioned the racism that exists not just amongst the white communities, i have seen this as well, Asians who don't much care for Blacks, and some it's origin is religious, some it's caste, amazing that we haven't killed one another by now, wouldn't you think.. people to some extent just tolerate one another, it doesn't have to be that everyone will be great pals, but rub along, because in all honesty what choice do we have.
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