My week: Sara Robson

Robson, Sara

doi:10.1136/vr.j374

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“…fall prey to it because the only people who offer them affection are the promiscuous young or prostitutes.' 75 One outraged letter writer demanded to know whether Robson was 'honestly under the impression that most immigrants catch the disease when they arrive in this country'. 76 It was inconceivable to this reader that Black men might contract VD from white women.…”

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Migration, Racism and Sexual Health in Postwar Britain

Hanley

2022

History Workshop Journal

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The British Nationality Act 1948 conferred citizenship on Commonwealth subjects, granting them the right to settle in Britain. Hundreds of thousands of New Commonwealth migrants made use of the Act. Almost immediately, opponents began criticizing the health impacts of immigration, focusing on diseases like syphilis and gonorrhoea. More than any other migrant group, Black British men from the Caribbean became implicated in debates over venereal disease. This article explores how health workers and journalists used health data in ways that reinforced racial stereotypes, fed white prejudices and presented Black men as the most significant sexual health threat in postwar Britain.

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confidence: 99%