He represents his theories as accurately as possible, in a way that is easy to understand. Their arguments express his historical experience clearly. the challenges the concept of racism and explain there is not an easy solution. Do not presume to offer ready-made solutions.
It can also be seen bias as Colin Holmes had been from Britain.
He states there are people in other countries that are in the same league as people who are from Britain. Britain is seen as the only country that has been racist. This is not true as many other countries such as France and Germany were in the same situation. There are many ways in which people can be racism; there were more sophisticated forms of racism in other countries rather than in Britain. There had been more extreme cases of racism in other countries and Britain had seemed more racially tolerant rather than other countries.
Source B, a picture of Russians beating a Jewish man. This source shows the dislike the Russians had for the Jews. The picture shows how many people went out of their way to beat up one Jew. Also depends on the strong hatred for the Jews. The discrimination of Jews went on for a very long time. This source was illustrated after a pogrom in Kiev in 1881.This source is not necessarily reliable as it is an image of the event, which may have been exaggerated.
Most of the discrimination had been towards the black race in Britain. It hadn’t just been races discriminating against each other. Other smaller minorities within minorities had also faced hostility. These immigrants creating hostility between their minorities gave Britain an incentive to act the same towards all of the immigrants. Immigrants came from all over the world to Britain and the USA for better housing, living conditions, and better pay. The immigrants had been aware of the discrimination that they may suffer or had been suffering. Yet they all stayed in the country, as the conditions in Britain had been much better than from their own country. The immigrants still want to stay in Britain regardless of the violence and abuse that they suffer from.
Source B, a picture of Russians beating a Jewish man. This source shows the dislike the Russians had for the Jews. The picture shows how many people went out of their way to beat up one Jew. Also depends on the strong hatred for the Jews. The discrimination of Jews went on for a very long time. This source was illustrated after a pogrom in Kiev in 1881.This source is not necessarily reliable as it is an image of the event, which may have been exaggerated.
Source D shows that Britain had provided many jobs for immigrants over the years. It has not taken into account their nationality and religion as Britain tried to encourage their own way of life into that of the immigrant’. Britain had offered jobs to the immigrants so it is therefore important for them to integrate themselves into this society. Immigrants have to make an effort to integrate into society.
The British society has also developed as immigrants have religious freedom. Every year there is a Vaisakhi march celebrating the Sikh festival in Southall, with the police keeping everything in order. We have only been given evidence from Colin Holmes which could be bias as he was from Britain. We haven’t been given much evidence on this topic as we only looked at Colin Holmes.
Therefore, I believe in Colin Holmes interpretation of Britain being a racially tolerant country. This is as it clearly shows that Britain had a lot more tolerance for immigrants rather than other countries. Although there had been forms of racism in Britain, they had dealt with it a lot sooner.
