Lester

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points to the rise of the ethnic minority population in the post WW2 period, especially in the 1950s and the need in the 1960s to adjust to the reality of a multiracial society.¹

“Britain's newcomers have rarely failed to make a positive contribution out of proportion to their numbers, in founding and rejuvenating business firms, in contributing to our national welfare and prosperity, and in enriching our universities and cultural centres.”²

points to the need to rethink the concept of Britishness in the light of ethnic minorities.³

Immigration measures, and Parliamentary and media response, weaken the endeavours of the CRE to end racial discrimination.⁴

1A Lester, “From Legislation to Integration: Twenty Years of the Race Relations Act” in T Blackstone, B Parekh and P Sanders, Race Relations in Britain: a developing agenda, (London: Routledge, 1999) 22–35, 23.

2A Lester, “From Legislation to Integration: Twenty Years of the Race Relations Act” in T Blackstone, B Parekh and P Sanders, Race Relations in Britain: a developing agenda, (London: Routledge, 1999) 22–35, 24.

3A Lester, “From Legislation to Integration: Twenty Years of the Race Relations Act” in T Blackstone, B Parekh and P Sanders, Race Relations in Britain: a developing agenda, (London: Routledge, 1999) 22–35, 28.

4A Lester, “From Legislation to Integration: Twenty Years of the Race Relations Act” in T Blackstone, B Parekh and P Sanders, Race Relations in Britain: a developing agenda, (London: Routledge, 1999) 22–35, 28.