The Past and Present Treatment of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

The Past and Present Treatment of Ethnic Minorities in Britain For this assigment I will be looking at the past and present

treatments of the ethnic minorities in Britain. I will also prove or

disprove my hypothesis, of which is: 'The arrival of various ethinic

minority groups in Britain over the past 60 years, has created a more

tolerant and multicultural society today? Do you argree?' The eithnic

minority group I will be looking at are the black carrabiens. I will

be focusing on what led to Britain becoming a multicultural society,

how the ethnic minority groups were treated and why and the influences

of ethnic minority culture on the British society. finally I will

include a conclusion which will include my opinion on what i find

'hopeful' and 'disturbing' aspects of being in a multicultural

society.

During the late 1940's and the early 1950's (after the end of World

War Two) Black carrabiens were encouraged to come from their

homeland-the carrabien to come and work for Britain. This later

evolved into people from other countries coming to work in Britian,

e.g. India, Bangladesh, Sri-lanka and many more Asian countries.

Britian's economy was doing so well but there was a shortage of

workers. This was one of the reasons why Britain wanted people to

immigrate to Britain. in 1948 the nationality act was made, this meant

that all people from the former national colonies and the British

commonwealth citizens had a right to enter Britain. This encouraged

many Blacks (from the empire) to enter Britain.

Many young and ambitious young hopefuls jumped at t...

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...ural influences that have taken place on the British

society as a result of Afro-Carabbeinds such as food, music, sport,

T.V, dress, lanuage and business. Music and entertainment is one of

the major impacts that Afro-Carabbeins hace brought into Britain.

Raggae, gospel, blues, jazz and ska are types of songs which all root

back to Africa. The lyrics in Raggae music tell people how the black

people struggled throughout generations e.g. slavery and racism.

Reggae music creates a positice atmosphere and a situation of

awareness of black people. It also changed many people attitudes

towards black people. Bob Marley was the first Raggae superstar and is

still well heard about today. In poetry Benjamen Zephaniah was known

as the best Rastfaria poet. He brought back the pride, culture,

dignity and honour of the black culture.