multiculturalism

key words

• assimilation- 'becoming as one' Britain should be a melting pot. Migrants should leave their old lives behind and adopt british cultures. immigrants distinct ethnic backgrounds would fade away as they adopt more britishness
• integration- respect differences of cultures and allow cultures to co exist. integration implies that there should be a sense of belonging without cultural traditions being sacrificed.
• multiculturalism- differences should be preserved and celebrated. no one culture is dominant and everyone is different.
• race- the term loosely used to mean any group of people with common characteristics. Today it is acknowledged that race has no scientific validity
• ethnicity- taken to involve any group of people conscious of their own origins, identity and traditions. there are cultural rather than biological differences

Racism

what did the government do? :

• not much at first
• forced to act when prejudice lead to civil disorder
• 1950s- Britain experiences its first race riots
• commonwealth immigrants act 1962- restricted the entry of black first time…