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Social problems are to be explained only by examining race or color as part of the dialectical processes of interaction between the economic, political, & cultural forces which comprise the social structure. 3 crucial influences are noticed: the immigrant-indigenous situation, the colonial-metropolitan configuration, & the variable of color as an ascriptive criterion. It is assumed that if racist consequences accrue to institutional laws, customs, or practices, the institution is racist whether or not the individuals maintaining those practices have racist intentions. Measures were taken in 1962, 1965, & 1968 limiting & restricting the entry of people from the Commonwealth nations. The regulations are both racist & class discriminatory. Of particular note is the contradiction between the economic need for nonindigenous labor & the political necessity to appear to keep out black immigrants. Commonwealth immigration restrictions have meant that the black population in Britain is now less an integral part of the society than in the years of greatest immigration. The new provisions are a mark of failure to confront racism & will make that task more difficult. L. DeForge.

Soc sci'ts have concentrated on the S-cul problems of colored immigration to the UK while neglecting or treating as peripheral the econ dimension. Migration to the UK is not the result of a sudden or unique set of circumstances, but must be understood as the product of the relation between a highly industr'ized society with a neo-imperialist position & the territories of its former Empire, as well as other parts of the underdeveloped world including Southern Europe. Transfers of labor are an integral part of this relationship, & comparable use is made in other Western European countries of non-indigenous labor. Neglect of this aspect leads to inadequate understanding of the pol'al & S-cul dimensions. A pol'al-economy of migration rather than naive push-pull models is needed. Immigration policies have attempted in an ad-hoc way to overcome the basic contradiction between manpower needs of the economy & the SP consequences of allowing entry to non-indigenous labor. Britain has consistently discriminated against colored labor since 1962, except for highly qualified, skilled experienced personnel, & allowed entry to white, alien labor. The logical outcome of proposals to carry this further so that a system of highly org'ed contract labor is developed, while providing some kind of econ solution, involves widespread difficulties & raises serious questions of future ethnic & race relations. AA.