Extracts from a leaflet published by the Asian Youth Organisation in Blackburn OVER THE past couple of months the question of racialism has once again come to the forefront of British political life. It is not something that is spoken in whispers anymore. It is talked about openly. One thing is very clear: the deep racialist feelings against the immigrant community.
Whilst the white community debates whether those who are here should be repatriated or integrated, underlying assumption is that we don't want any more of them here'. Throughout white society, there is a common consensus that the number of immigrants must be restricted.
Of course, we also have Uncle Toms, those who have earned themselves a fat livelihood via the race relations industry, who are always attending numerous conferences on our behalf that don't seem to do us any good, and who feel we must play it cool, present petitions to the Prime Minister, and gabble and talk about it.
We young Asian militants say that the time to ACT has arrived. We say WE ARE HERE TO STAY, and not even Enoch Powell's grandfather can repatriate us.
The real problem of racialism, and one that is often covered up by the twaddle of the race relations industry, is the exploitation of black workers as cheap labour. This is the heart and soul of our presence here.
And the simple fact is that the white working class and its trade union movement (despite pious resolutions passed) acquiesces in this situation. In a number of cases white workers have actively resisted promotion of black workers.
Those WHO preach Black and White, Unite and Fight' should preach our Contrary to what some of our white friends like to tell us, racialism in Britain is not the sudden product of the activities of the National Front. True, the NF exploits the race issue for its own purposes, but it exploits something that rampant and is always there.
For certain elements to tell black people that it is all fascists is quite wrong. The current racialism is a result of Britain's imperialist history, it stems from her colonial past. Racialism is a manifestation of imperialist ideology.
If white people in Britain are to culture.
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