To what extent had Britain become an inclusive, tolerant, multicultural society from 1951 to 2007?

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  • To what extent had Britain become an inclusive, tolerant, multicultural society from 1951 to 2007?
    • 1964 General Election: Peter Griffiths (Con) won on the basis on racist slogans
    • Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962: Only those with government issued employment vouchers could settle in the UK.
      • Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968: Citizenship would only be given to those who had at least one British parent or grandparent born in the UK.
    • Race Riots 1958-9: Notting Hill: 600 men tried to break into black owned properties.
      • Salmon Report suggested it was sexual jealousy of the white men and the white reaction.
    • ‘No Coloured’ notices in boarding house windows and on factory gates
    • By the late 1960s the size of Britain’s ethnic population had reached around 1 million.
    • The subsequent inquiry found tensions were largely the result of culturaldifferences and pressure on availability of accommodation.
    • In 1958 there was a series of racial attacks in various cities from Nottinghamto Notting Hill in London
    • The new arrivals faced discrimination of various kinds,noticeably in housing.
    • As labour shortages grew, people from the New Commonwealth – forexample, India, Pakistan and the Caribbean – were encouraged to move toBritain mainly to work in unskilled or semi-skilled jobs.
    • Race Relations Act 1965: forbade discrimination in public places.
      • Race Relations Act 1968: Banned discrimination in housing, employment, insurance and other services.
    • National Front was formed in the mid 1960s against immigration saying that immigrants brought more crime and violence
    • Anti-Nazi league was formed in 1977 to campaign against far-right organisations
    • Race relations improved in the 70s with children being educated in mixed race schools, Notting Hill carnival, black people more visible in culture, eg. Viv Anderson played for England in 1978
    • Stephen Lawrence was murdered by a group of white teens and when a police inquiry was made, it suggested it was the white teens defending themselves. After a call for a new investigation into the death of Lawrence, it found it was not his fault and that under the McPherson report, the Met police were deemed institutionally racist.
    • 7/72005 - Jihadist terrorists attacks brought suicide bombing to Britain. The bombers made more tensions between races and religions.

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