How far did British governments fight racial discrimination in the period 1918-79?
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- How far did British governments fight racial discrimination in the period 1918-79?
- Thesis: British governments fought racial discrimination 1918-79
- Governments opposed racist attitudes openly
- Mid 1960s legislation - Race Relations Acts (1965, 68, 76)
- 1976 - important rights for black/Asian people
- Antithesis: British governments did relatively little to fight racial discrimination 1918-79
- No laws to eradicate racism in the interwar period
- Alien Orders Act (1920) easier to deport foreign nationals
- Race Relations Laws were limited/ used against black radicals > white racists
- No laws to eradicate racism in the interwar period
- Thesis: British governments fought racial discrimination 1918-79
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