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Britain 5/3, Social issues - Coggle Diagram
Britain 5/3
Woman
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rape within marriage became a criminal offence in 1994. Married women were to be taxed separately from their husbands.
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Popular culture - the Spice Girls popularised the term ‘girl power.’ More leading female characters such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Race relations in 1990s
The MacPherson Report concluded that the Metropolitan Police had been incompetent and was ‘institutionally racist.’
The actions of the police were widely criticised for failing to investigate the case properly and for assuming that a black teenager was likely to be a perpetrator of a crime rather than a victim
Stephen Lawrence, was murdered by a gang of white youths
Was Britain still racist
No-no recurrences of the race riots seen in major British cities in 1981 and 1985.
Four non-white MPs were elected in 1987 and all held their seats in 1992
Yes-The black Conservative candidate for Cheltenham, John Taylor, failed to be elected in the 1992 election amid rumours of racism from the local Conservative Party.
Continued lack of trust between young black men and the police after their handling of the Stephen Lawrence murder in 1993.
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