Communication Institute Kenya Mass

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Communication Institute Kenya Mass

Communication Institute Kenya Mass

Ethnic minorities make up over one-third of the population of the city.

The 2001 Census recorded the composition of Leicester as:

  • White - 64%
  • Indian - 26%
  • Other South Asian - 4%
  • Caribbean - 3%
  • Other - 3%

To get an idea of how this remarkable shift in the ethnic make-up of Leicester has occurred and what impact it has had, it is important to look at events in post-war Britain.

Post-war Reconstruction

Britain found itself short of manual labour in the post-war reconstruction period after WWII and turned to migrants from the British Commonwealth who were able to settle in the UK without restrictions under the Nationality Act 1948.

Most of Britain’s post-war migrants were un-skilled manual workers, settling in industrial cities such as Manchester, London and Birmingham. Leicester had a thriving textile and manufacturing industry so became a favoured destination. Of course not all migrants worked in the factories and plants of Leicester; many took up skilled jobs, as clerks, traders and doctors.

Britain had never seen such a scale of migration before and this led to resentment amongst large numbers of the public. Before the 1968 Race Relations Act made it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people because of their ethnicity, there were often signs at B&Bs and in newspapers saying: 'No Irish, No blacks, No Dogs'.