Whitelaw | Socialist Action 1983

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of the police, the courts and the prison system.

It shows racism has been institutionalised. At first with the British Nationality Act, because of an acute labour shortage, immigration was encouraced.

With monwealth Act of 1962, through the stifling of Nuulliz allull and institutionalisation of racism began This has gone right through to the British Nationality Act of 1981.

The book joins the two sides of state racism. Immigration laws on the one hand and the race relations industrv on the olner. The alice role eldene revealed: 'The British state' Gordon writes, 'defined black pie as a problem, both through immigration laws to keep them Oll.

through measures of integration designed to manage the "problem' already here. this management of the "black problem' the police have played a key role.'

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