The Cause of the Oldham Riots

What were the causes of the Oldham and Bradford riots of 2001

• In Oldham there has been seen a rapid increase of Asian population in the last ten years, from a population of majority of white to Asians made up of 11% of the population.

• Two groups of population rarely mix causes segregation.

• The town had gained a reputation of the UK’s racist hate capital, due to the crime figures published by the police which showed there was a significant increase in Asian on white attacks.

• The profile of the issue of segregation was raised in year 2001, due to it is an election year. The whole concept of Asian youth immigration and asylum seekers was generally concluded to one blame- the generic fear of dark skin. This causes the rise of the National Front ( a political party that is against immigration of no- white people to the UK.

• The tension between the Anti Nazi league and National Front supporter gradually built up before the election.

• As two groups of people hold different views in the election, social tension was raised further during the election time.

• This causes the members of the far right carrying regular weekly visits to Oldham’s town Centre in order to destablise the peace of the town. This had lead to a mass protect from the local community and Anti Nazis league to protest.

• This came to a break down when a gang of white hooligans deliberately took different route to the stadium. (a route that passes through an area of Asian community) They decided to break into the Asian properties and beating them up. This in turns the Asian community to flight back against them, which causes the riots in 2001.

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