Around the 1940s the black ethnic group arrived in England. Most of them had reasons such as: · They needed workers to repair the damaged parts of England after World War II. · Good jobs · Working as a servant for a rich merchant · Fought for the war · Education to make a good career · Better life · A land of good hopes Most of them came during the war to help the allies fight and after the war most of them returned home, but the rest of the Black Caribbeans remained in England. From 1948 to 1958 around 1,000 immigrants a year settled in Britain, of which 60% were from Jamaica. In 1952 there was a sudden increase in immigrants and by 1961 there were almost 172,000 West Indians in Britain. create wealth and build a good reputation through education and hard work {Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first post-war British immigration from the Caribbean}For all these reasons given, immigration to Britain happened because there was hope to create wealth in a rapidly developing country. But their hopes changed dramatically when prejudice and racism came face to face with them. Examples: · Blacks were not allowed in some stores. · Their rights were limited. · Black children were bullied at school. · The white community created two classes of people in which blacks were considered inferior. · Blacks were not allowed to own homes. · They also didn't get paid well only if they were lucky to get a job. And there were no laws against this until 1960. And all of this was born out of fear of domination. The white community feared losing their land and their lives, so they opposed the black community. And all this happened out of jealousy, jealousy of power. When hopes collapsed, the black community felt bad; all of theirs
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