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All people living in Brittain, British colonies and the Commonwealth have equal rights of citizenship.
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All people of the colonies and commonwealth should have the right for citizenship.
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About 10,000 Westindians came to Brittain.
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The government restricted black immigration for the first time.
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Strengths
- The Act made racism in public illegal
- It made "incitement to racial hatred"
Weakness
- it ignored racism in housing an employment, the two areas where racial discriminiation caused the most disadvantages.
- No single body of people had powers of enforcement of the act.
- Nobody was made to feel responsible for making sure that the act worked. -
Rushed attempt to stop Keyan-asians coming to England
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Made immigration from the commenwealth by black people even more difficult.
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In 1972 a British passport holder born overseas could only settle in Britain if they, firstly, had a work permit and, secondly, could prove that a parent or grandparent had been born in the UK.
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Brittain joined the European Economic community. European citizens was able to work free in England.
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Strengths
- The act made racial discrimination unlawfull in employment, housing and education.
- Following the passage of the act, the commission for racial equality was setup to make sure that people knew about the act and obeyed it.
Weakness
- Ressources were needed for victims of racism to take legal acts to prosecute offenders.
- Racism was hard to prove. -
a British citizen was either someone born to British parents or born abroad to British parents. British nationals were no longer British citizens.
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- Organisations and public bodies e.g. the police, schools and hospitals must introduce positive anti-racists strategies.
- Organisations and public bodies must consider their effect on racial equality. In other words - are they helping British society to be equal?
- Inspectors will check that he possible are meeting their anti-racist targets.