ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the term 'black' is sometimes taken to include immigrants from South-East Asia and their descendants, and even European groups who may feel themselves to be discriminated against in this country. It argues that a college of further education should make a respectful response to all ethnic minority groups within its community and within the greater society. When one proposes that the college should reflect the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural nature of society, one is likely to meet with resistance even from those who would consider themselves to be liberal, and this resistance is less easy to circumvent. The consensus would seem to be that race relations are best served by the maintenance of the cultural identities of the ethnic minorities. Some schools, in areas of high ethnic minority settlement, have made great progress in avoiding this home/school dualism by modifying their environment in terms of signs, posters and displays.
