Political protest, whilst uncommon, can often result in backlash from the government and even if it results in new legislation, people don’t change how they act based on laws, they change based on culture and everything around them in their daily lives.

Antonio Gramsci – Italian philosopher in the 1930s

Hegemony – Dominant
The hegemonic class is the dominant class, cultural hegemony is the idea of framing the ideologies of the dominant class as the only legitimate ideologies.

Birmingham School
In the 1970s, a group of cultural theorists in Birmingham applied Gramsci’s theories to post-war Britain’s youth culture

Race
Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s racism was still prevalent in Britain, with racism from far-right groups and the police being commonplace for the black youth. This was made worse by Margaret Thatcher, who was the prime-minister at the time and conservative – she introduced a law in 1981 making immigration increasingly tough.