Ficcy Questions: British Racial Segregation

[fleete]

Okay, so I'm writing a Merlin OT4 fic for a friend that's set in 1953 Britain, and I'm wondering what the racial situation would have been like then for Gwen.  I googled a bit, and was having trouble finding stuff, but what I'm interested in would be common knowledge for a modern Brit.  So I figured I'd just ask my flist

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[scotscookie]

Don't know a huge amount about it but this link might help - and Googling Windrush might throw up some other stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_community#Early_Twentieth_Century

An excellent work of fiction that covers this area of history is Small Britain by Andrea Levy. I'd recommend it.

There was no legal segregation but there was (and likely still is!) plenty of racism and refusal of services, like housing, entry into bars, clubs etc..

[fleete]

Thanks!!!