Posted 5th December 2023

Many anti-racism campaigners regarded the Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968 as "toothless" in their effectiveness. Their enactment and changes did not happen by chance. On the contrary, all Asian and Black organisations were exerting increasing political and social pressure. Nonetheless, it required another statute, the Third Race law of 1976, to make some progress in delivering some type of justice for individuals of different ethnicities. Of course, the act also protects white people's discrimination rights, which is entirely appropriate given that racism is a multidimensional issue with no colour bar when discriminated against. How effective were the procedures put in place by future governments to combat discrimination in British society? What antiracist efforts were made on an organisational and personal level to effect change in the current race relations laws? These are the questions that the research will attempt to answer through broad research of different organisations and individuals.