“Would You Let Your Daughter Marry a Negro?”: Race and Sex in 1950s Britain

@inproceedings{Buettner2009WouldYL,
  title={“Would You Let Your Daughter Marry a Negro?”: Race and Sex in 1950s Britain},
  author={E. Buettner},
  year={2009}
}
“There are 100,000 Negroes in Britain today”, the leader ran. “Hundreds more are arriving every month. Thousands of them are already married to white girls. What do relatives and neighbours think about it? How do the children suffer? What is the price in insults, hardships and tears?” 
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