Abstract
This article argues that a consciousness of Empire is present in the discourse of the local newspapers of Leicester in the 1950s. This consciousness took two forms. First, stories about white emigrants moving to the colonies and Commonwealth countries of the old British Empire suggest an awareness of these societies as being white and as belonging to ‘us’. This contrasts with the view of black members of the community living in Leicester who were perceived as ‘them’. Second, constant references to South Africa present an implicit comparison with Apartheid as a way of organizing racialized relations with which to compare British policies of multi‐racialism.
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