The following essay will examine to what extent social policy has addressed social divisions by focusing primarily on a group of people belonging to the same cultural background or sharing the same traditions. and cultural values. . Social policy inspects social services and the welfare state. Its main aim is to tackle social problems that arise within societies, these problems usually involve a violation of our human rights or an interpretation of what is "normal" behavior into behavior that deviates from the norm . Social divisions are one of the main social problems that social policy attempts to resolve. Individuals who experience social differences are generally judged based on their roles, social opportunities, cultural norms and values, expectations, and standard of living. Despite the fact that there are many factors that lead to these differences, one of the universally known factors is ethnicity. The end of World War II is believed to be one of the many reasons and one of the most important that caused an extreme increase in the number of people. the influx of immigrants (Gilfoyle et al. The National Archives). During this period, the UK was struggling and experiencing a labor “shortage”. So Britain needed immigrants willing to do cheap work that no one else was willing to do. Sivanandan (1976: 348), cited by Glavanis (1999). : 54). The very idea of ​​immigrants doing cheap work automatically leads us to think that this must be an act of exploitation and discrimination. For many immigrants, this also meant they had to settle in areas considered slums with poor housing, while white British citizens moved into new housing estates. Sivanandan (1976) ...... middle of paper .... ..6) cited by Glaaughlin et al. (2002). Works Cited http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/origins-commonwealth-immigration.htm http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/brave_new_world/immigration.htm http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Immigrants_Act_1968 http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emire/UNITED%20KINGDOM/RACERELATIONSACT1976RRA-EN.htm http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/seanthomas /100229154/ the-murder-of-stephen-lawrence-and-the-strange-case-of-the-missing-wikipedia-entries/ http://www.bug-ev.org/en/topics/focus-areas /dossiers/ police-investigation-of-racially-motivated-crimes/the-macpherson-report.html (CRE 1985; DfE 1992; Bourne et al. 1994; Blyth and Miller 1996), cited by Glaughlin et al. (2002)(McGlaughlin et al. 2002(Büro zur Umsetzung von Gleichbehandlung, 2011).(The Telegraph, 2013)(Cohen and Kennedy, 2000)