Race Relations Act 1965

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... history of British hate speech laws, uh, 1965 Race Relations Act introducing the idea of incitement to racial hatred, this is entirely in the way, not even obviously of the, of the post-war migration, and therefore the idea that suddenly we needed to crack down on this form of dissent because otherwise we're going to go to hell in a handcart effectively.

So all of these things being downstream from that is really, really striking, definitely.

If I may, so Constantin, your, your point is that it was mass migration first, then the arguments about multiculturalism to sort of deal with it.

Uh, that is in effect, Greens will deny they plan anything of the kind, but in effect, that's what they're legitimizing, and I think the British people's tolerance for that will be low.

I mean, we've got a Race Relations Act that got passed in this country.

Is this discriminatory behavior that could cross a legal line?

Fascinating.

Soskis was the son of a Russian Jewish revolutionary exile.

It was Soskis who drew up the legislation and piloted the first Race Relations Act 1965 through Parliament.

The Act aimed to outlaw racial discrimination in public places.

Quoting, "...crucially, the 1965 Act created the Race Relations Board and equipped it with the power to sponsor research for the purposes of monitoring race relations in Britain and, if necessary, extending legislation on the basis of the findings of such research." Clearly, Soskis would have been at pains to admonish, with legal jargon, any racist reactions against ministers to the arrival of Empire Windrush and subsequent streams of black immigrants sailing on Jewish vessels.

The UK's first anti-discrimination laws were passed.

The Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968 made it illegal to refuse service, housing or employment on the grounds of race, colour or ethnic origin.

Implemented by the civil rights movement in the US, the British Black Panther movement was born in 1968.

Two members of the British radical movement were defendants in the trial of the Mangrove Nine, where the church community hub, the Mangrove Restaurant, was unjustly raided by the police 12 times and a protest march was organised in response in August 1970.

Yeah.

CG Mam says, "Tomlinson and Mowat were giddy about scrapping Race Relations Act." What? Conor Tomlinson and Firas Mowat.

"They were giddy about scrapping the Race Relation Act.

Indian firms are major UK industrial employers.

Most staff are Britons.

I urge them to do some reading before opening Pandora's box." No, we need to scrap the Race Relations Act.

No.

Sorry, CD- CG Mam, that's where I draw the line.

It prompted a nationwide conversation about justice.

Parliament introduced the Race Relations Act of 1965, making hateful rhetoric and discrimination illegal.

Real changes in employment or housing came only after decades of struggle.

The act marked a legislative turning point.

We're full.

And you can, if you were to repeal the Equalities Act, the Race Relations Act and the like, put ethnic qualifiers on that.

So, you know, we wouldn't want Canadian immigration on the green list and get millions of Indians from Canada.

And I think that even though that hasn't been articulated yet...