![]() It was one of the main colonial powers from which African states became independent throughout the 1950s and 60s a country where a number of pan African figures settled the country that hosted three out of five pan-African congresses between 19, including the groundbreaking and pivotal 1945 congress in Manchester the UK was a global power that attracted attention, however diminished it may have been following the second world war (if Britain still makes claims of being a leading power now, imagine its opinion of itself then which to be fair was probably still deserved in a pre-BRICS world) and it was a nation that can list a number of significant events during the decade that show clearly the problem and the progress of the race issue.ĭespite all this, I don't think you would ever know it was such a defining political cultural decade. The UK was one of the undeniable centres of a definitive decade for the modern black existence. The 1965 Act followed the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act that slowed the flow of African Caribbean immigration. It required amendments in 19 and was eventually repealed by the Equalities Act of 2010. A weak British government response to what had been an immense decade of activity for black people in the UK and across the world. The UK's Race Relations Act in 1965 - the first British legislation to address racial discrimination - was a classic example. But, it is too often painfully slow and, like so much British food without immigration, it often arrives watery, bland and either under or over cooked. George Orwell captured many details of the culture in his 1941 essay, 'The Lion and the Unicorn' and it is shocking how many of his observations still hit the mark.Ĭhange does come. There is no questioning it and so the only challenge for the powerful is one of maintaining quiet and dignified control, even in moments of complete and catastrophic failure. ![]() It is an idea that evidently kills people but, refuses to die. ![]() We are stuck with an idea that certain people are born into power and governance, regardless of ineptitude. The UK has a particular way of responding to any issue, led by its imperialist classes. ![]()
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