Black British middle-class claims tied assimilation to property as much as to cultural recognition

Evidence

The paradox·about Britain, meanwhile, is that irs non-European population remained relatively small throughout the colonial period, but then Black immigrationfrom Africa, the Caribbean, and principally from the Asian subcontinent - picked up appreciably after decolonization, so that only since the late 1960s has Britain, also, seen the coming-of-age of expanding new strata of Black British who have demanded, on the basis of schooling and professional competence, new kinds of middle-class representation premissed as much on non-racist assimilation into employment and property structures as on recognition of cultural difference. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 325

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial Black middle classes rose through property, skills, and state functionary positions — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 853; Colonial education made deracination the price of Black middle-class status — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 861

Broader Connections

• Colonial Black middle classes rose through property, skills, and state functionary positions #corroborates (0.85) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 853
• Colonial education made deracination the price of Black middle-class status #expands (0.80) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 861