# Race, Colonialism and Power in the Legal System

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Leslie Thomas KC, David Neale
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Law
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/race-law)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Commonwealth citizens once enjoyed the right to live, work and settle in the UK without any restrictions. But a racist backlash against Black and Asian immigration led to legislators introducing immigration controls in the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, which were broadened by the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 to deprive East African Asians of the right to settle in the UK. Its shameful successor, the Immigration Act 1971 continues to form the basis of our xenophobic immigration laws today.

## Lectures

1. [The Immigration Act 1971: Celebrated or Flawed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-race-law/c0b6ebc3ac8a) (YouTube)
2. [Judicial Racism and the Lammy Review](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-race-law/d92abb1a81ff) (YouTube)
3. [The Brixton Riots: Policing the Black Community in the Last 40 Years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-race-law/e52bcb3d7b5f) (YouTube)
4. [Human Rights in the UK and the Commonwealth Caribbean](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-race-law/3491216423e9) (YouTube)
5. [Taking on a Corporate Giant: David v Goliath Legal Cases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-race-law/1a1fc411a15b) (YouTube)
6. [Should the Commonwealth Caribbean Abolish Appeals to the Privy Council?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-race-law/0ca0d2745df7) (YouTube)