New Citizens - Comparing the Attitudes and Experiences of Black and Asian Communities

Virtually the only thing in common between African, Asian and Caribbean migrants to postwar Britain was that they looked different and from the indigenous white population and they were treated differently as a result. That aside, they came from very different parts of the world that had bequeathed them different economic, cultural and religious backgrounds. So how did the attitudes and experiences of West Indians settling in Britain compare to those of Indians, Pakistanis, Bangadeshis and West Africans? In this session for Black History Month, Prof Marcus Collins will invite participants to participate in an interactive quiz based on his research of polling and survey data from the period to discover the similarities and differences between the experiences of different migrant groups, and to ascertain whether they found common ground in the face of racism.