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The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

British Future<\/a>
\n2012-12-12
\n26 pages<\/p>\n

Rob Ford<\/a><\/strong>, Lecturer in Politics
\nUniversity of Manchester<\/em><\/p>\n

Rachael Jolley<\/a><\/strong>, Editorial Director and Director of Communications
\nBritish Future<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunder Katwala<\/a><\/strong>, Director
\nBritish Future<\/em><\/p>\n

Binita Mehta<\/a><\/strong>, Intern
\nBritish Future<\/em><\/p>\n

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As the 2011 census results show an ever larger number of Britons from mixed race backgrounds, this new British Future report The Melting Pot Generation: How Britain became more relaxed about race<\/a><\/em> examines how these changes might affect the way that we think about race and identity.<\/p>\n

When the parents of Olympic champion Jessica Ennis<\/a>, who are from Jamaica<\/a> and Derbyshire<\/a>, met in Sheffield<\/a> in the 1980s, a majority of the public expressed opposition to mixed race relationships. In 2012, concern has fallen to 15%\u2014and just one in twenty of those aged 18\u201324. Jessica Ennis is from a generation that worry less about race and mixing than their parents did, and who mostly see mixed Britain as the everyday norm that they grew up with.<\/p>\n

Inside this report…<\/p>\n