Institute of Race Relations newspaper cuttings

Topics include:

- Several reports on Community Relations Councils regarding funding and internal politics.

- The Church campaigns against racism.

- Broad coverage on the Anti-Nazi League and similar organisations in relation to their campaigns, legal problems and the organisation of carnivals.

- Several reports on the National Front including many convictions for racial violence and vandalism, including the case of Robert Relf from Oxford who went on hunger strike in prison after a 15 month sentence for race-hate crimes. There is also debate on the National Front targeting schools with their propaganda.

- Some debate on the ‘SUS’ laws, derived from the 1842 Vagrancy Laws, which enable police to target suspected or suspicious people. It is argues this invites racial discrimination.

- Several reports on racial violence and intimidation, particularly an large brawl in Wolverhampton and the murder of Michael Ferreira, a nineteen year old from Guyana.

- Large amount of reports on race relations initiatives, in particular a campaign to promote racial harmony through posters created by school children.

- Large amount of reports on racial discrimination and problems affecting racial minorities in employment, housing, social security and policing.

- Some reports on illegal immigrants.

- Several reports covering the gynaecological examinations, known as ‘virginity tests’, applied to Asian women by the immigration services. These are thought to be abusive and are widely condemned.