ABSTRACT
Every democratic society should be concerned with promoting what Roy Jenkins memorably defined thirty years ago as a national goal: ‘equal opportunity, accompanied by cultural diversity, in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance.’ The twentieth anniversary of the Race Relations Act provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon the original strategy for the Act, and to examine how that strategy has, or has not been, implemented. It is an opportunity to look beyond the legislation itself, celebrating the great cultural and ethnic diversity of modern Britain, acknowledging the important contributions made by those from ethnic minorities to our society, and making some attempt to anticipate the future.
