The Rise and Fall of Racism in Britain

Some police believed it was Asian people themselves who were responsible for the racism they experienced. It would later be revealed in a home office inquiry that attacks on Asians between 1979 and 1981 were 10 times higher than reported figures at the time. These views were expressed after years of reports of racist violence across Britain. And the violence was sometimes fatal. In 1976, Goodeep Singh Jargar, an 18 year old Sikh boy, was stabbed to death in South Hall, West London by a white gang. After his murder, a prominent right wing politician said, one down a million to go. If you're hearing about a racist murder, how did that make you feel about your own safety? We