- Racial controversy was limited in the early 1950s because of the need for cheap labour.
- Newcomers were treated with curiosity, almost as 'novelties'.
- However, as post war boom slackened, prejudice and anxities grew.
- There were worries about the dilution of British culture along with a concern to protect houses and jobs.
- Despite immigrants generally being placed at the bottom of the pay scale and settling for the poorest houses in the least desirable parts of the area.
Discrimation turned aggression
Ken and Chelsea 1958 - violent riots between local whites and black immigrants.
1959 - Kelso Cochrane, a Antiquan carpenter stabbed to death by six white youths.
Ealing 1963 - Southall Residance Association formed in West London (demanded segregated schools and property sales to whites only).
North London 1965 - Survey showed that 1 in 5 objected to working with Blacks or Asians. Half said they would refuse to live next to a black person and 9 out of 10 dissaproved of mixed marriages.
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