An England where police stop'n'search powers (the so-called sus laws) led to the discriminatory persecution of Black young people. An England where there was a need to introduce the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination - and an England where the National Front polled nearly 120,000 votes in the 1977 local council elections in London.
It was this context that gave potency to Gus John's report, carried out between 1976 and 1979. This innovative action research project challenged the hypothesis that the primary role of the youth service vis-a-vis Black young people was to hasten their integration into White society and to promote racial harmony.
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