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THE POLICE AND THE WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY: EVIDENCE PRESENTED

01 January 1991

THE POLICE AND THE WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY: EVIDENCE PRESENTED
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TO LORD JUSTICE SCARMAN
A GIBSON WESTINDIAN CONCERN
WESTINDIAN CONCERN, 1981 23PP

PRESENTS THE WEST INDIAN VIEWPOINT ON THE REASONS FOR THE
BRIXTON RIOTS, EMPHASISING THE CLIMATE OF RACIAL PREJUDICE
PARTICULARLY TOWARDS BLACK PEOPLE, THE PROBLEM OF BLACK
PARENTS IN BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN A SITUATION WHERE
PARENTAL CONTROL IS DEFIED, AND THE SOCIAL ORDER TENDS TO
DESPISE SUCH CONTROL. ALSO BRIEFLY EXAMINES BRITISH POLICING
METHODS AND HOW THEY ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO THE WEST INDIAN WAY OF
LIFE.


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