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JACARI

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An anti-racist organisation founded by University of Oxford students in 1956. Its purpose was "To arouse among members of the University an interest in the problems of race relations in the Commonwealth by spreading reliable information . . . and (2) To find constructive ways of expressing a dislike of racial discrimination." For example, in 1966, they began a programme of teaching English to Pakistani children. In addition, between 1965-69, they organised a survey amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and West Indian residents on discriminatory housing, documenting cases of inequality to send to the Home Office. By 1987, JACARI became non-political and focused its attention on educating migrants.

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Aleena Din - Aleena is a historian of gender, class and race in modern Britain. Her DPhil research, which was completed at Balliol College and the Faculty of History in 2022, focuses on the migration, settlement and labour experiences of working-class British-Pakistani women who settled in Middlesbrough and Oldham between 1962 and 2002. Aleena is the co-investigator of the community history project 'A Muslim History of Oxford', in collaboration with the national heritage organisation 'Everyday Muslim'. In addition, she is a postdoctoral research associate for the digital humanities project, 'Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830 to the Present' at the University of Bristol (2025).

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