Changes to Racial Attitudes

• Changes to racial attitudes:

  • Demography refers to the structure of society, and the makeup of the population.
  • In the 1950’s and 1960’s the demographic of the UK began changing
  • At this time, it was not illegal to discriminate someone because of their race.
• • 1965- Race Relations Act, promotion of hatred and race discrimination made illegal.
  • 1976- The Act was amended to make more types of discrimination illegal, focusing on direct AND indirect discrimination affecting ethnicities.
  • 2010- The Act was replaced by the Equality Act, making all protected characteristics illegal to discriminate against.
• • Racism became less socially acceptable, with many punishments being introduced
  • Psychologists argue that when laws change, our behaviour, our attitude changes to suit the new behaviour
  • According for the 1987 British Attitudes Survey, 39% of people admitted to being racially prejudice. In 2017 this had fallen to 26%