Enoch Powell Addresses Racism Accusations | The Dick Cavett Show

Explore Enoch Powell's nuanced take on immigration and identity as he responds to accusations of racism on The Dick Cavett Show. Gain insights into the unique historical context of British citizenship, the evolving demographic landscape, and Powell's concerns about the future of cities. Delve into this thought-provoking discussion that transcends labels and dives into the complexities of immigration issues in Britain.
Date aired - May 14th, 1971 - Enoch Powell and Jonathan Miller
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968 and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production of Hellmann v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA in February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@d.marques4700]

Enoch Powell is a Hero to an increasing number of British Patriots! He had the courage to say what had to be said! This man deserves full RESPECT!

[@davidmccann9811]

So what do you and the "Patriots" think about him recruiting (as Health Minister) 18,000 NHS staff from Asia and the Caribbean, because he needed them for the expansion of the NHS?

[@williamdodds1394]

If enoch could see it now but who would leave heaven for this vail of tears.

[@sammcewan1219]

Spot on can anyone tell me what he said wrong. Everything he said came true

[@nbarrett100]

Really? Immigration to the UK doubled after Brexit and crime has gone down to an all time low. He was way off.

[@bob-p7x6j]

@@nbarrett100 ha ha, not today, ha ha...

[@englishpatriot9464]

​​@@nbarrett100you are funny

[@amidreaming2]

There's no denying, he was right. His foresight has come to pass. Many places in the UK are now a minority white British/English.

[@andrewcarter7503]

The population of London in 1951 was 97% white British. Today it is 37% white British.

[@mrs8768]

@@andrewcarter7503 yh but london is london. What about the rest of the country?

[@robbiehillis9330]

You mean, British/English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh surely? The order of the Country names are alphabetical by the way, not in order of importance.

[@MaxMartins-h8q]

Anglo saxon you mean. Britain and england are geographic areas that only served as symonyms for anglo saxons as long as they were the only ones that lived there. Now we need to be specific and boost our brand among many.

[@englishpatriot9464]

​@@mrs8768well keep London ethnic British

[@steve-ip6qs]

IF ENOCH POWELL HAD COME TO POWER MAYBE WE WOULDNT BE IN SUCH A STATE NOWADAYS,AHEAD OF HIS TIME AND TALKED PURE SENSE.NOT A RACIST BUT A PROUD ENGLISHMAN

[@brucejay1409]

He was the best PM England never had

[@lintburn67]

And a beast

[@suzannahbereshnyi8826]

It's amazing how sensible how correct he was with hindsight Enoch Powell understood completely what the future of the UK was going to be he was NOT against immigration it was MASS immigration that concerned him and his concerns have proved to be reality the Britain that was is gone it's culture it's Heritage it's values it's social structure it's Christian heritage is all either gone or under threat governments past and present have failed miserably to protect Britain from the damaging effects of Foreign influence so much so that Foreign practices have overtaken the traditional lifestyle of the indigenous population the UK is now unrecognisable as the proud nation that was famed for its loved and respected ancient traditions it's UNIQUE heritage it's freedoms passed down through generations of men and women who rallied fought and won the right to the freedoms that made the UK a moral decent country whose laws were fair and respected and this is what Enoch Powell loved about his country and what he feared could all be lost with unlimited mass immigration and he was so right Britain is no more the Britain we knew and loved is gone

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@brucejay1409 That was Mosley.

[@utv5490]

Not Jim Davidson?​@@MarkHarrison733

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Sadly as time marches on enoch will no doubt be cancelled out..Not by me..He was the best prime minister we never got..Everything he said has become a horrific reality ..rest well enoch.

[@WrightsW5]

I have seen posts disappear from this thread, non-racist ones???? Mr Powell was right statistically, on the demographics of Britain, why would anyone want to deny it, for what purpose, who would it help?

[@PhilAlumb]

It's a War of Information. Who Controls KZbin(TikTok, Facebook, etc.) Controls what is Learned or Not Learned. Cyber Freedom is a myth.. it's all about information flow and control.

[@2085x]

Yes I've noticed posts disappearing as well, and some of mine haven't been put up.

[@utv5490]

I wish they could delete the racist authors as well

[@ep1929]

He was spot on.

[@nbarrett100]

Immigration is going up while crime is falling. No rivers of blood anywhere. He was wrong.

[@PhilAlumb]

Enoch Powell was a very intelligent, articulate man and I agree with him.

[@joelhall5124]

He certainly was!

[@Warp75]

He had more IQ than the current UK government & the shadow cabinet combined. What he said becomes truer by the day.

[@Arcadiabeckons]

Truly astonishing how a sharp suit and large vocabulary can hoodwink people into thinking that what they're saying is worth absorbing into your worldview.

[@reidycruise]

@@Arcadiabeckonsyou need another bud lite little fella ?

[@MichaelRe-c7q]

What aspects do you disagree on? Perhaps you could start with that rather than making rhetorical comments. ​@@Arcadiabeckons

[@Bondek1996]

Such debate today feels unlikely or at least done civilly

[@notebeat]

Enoch Powell was right!!

[@roguesheep1747]

He was spot on look at the state of play .

[@2085x]

They should have listened to Enoch Powell he was so right, look at our poor country now, We desperately need another man like Enoch Powell to run our country.

[@jackiemansfield8325]

I don’t mind being called racist. I’m a convicted one and will never change. Enoch is beyond right.

[@kamandi1362]

We’re now dealing with the consequences of not listening to him.

[@PhilAlumb]

Yes 💯

[@eshnallkhan5534]

Shouldn't have invaded other lands then... if you left the world to it there wouldn't be this issue

[@jayrox40]

Most of the world would still be living in caves or mud huts.@@eshnallkhan5534

[@Arcadiabeckons]

...Which are???

[@cheeseburgereddie6287]

You didn't see the full video

[@Stejll1]

Why didnt they listen?😢

[@sharonhyde7735]

They felt back off, it is always seen as offensive, we carn't do right?!

[@utv5490]

Can't we swap racists for refugees??

[@englishpatriot9464]

​@@utv5490cry

[@scottwhittaker4959]

This clip has removed Dr. Miller’s bleeding heart.

[@marcusaurelius5524]

I was a Butler in domestic service for 37 years met this great man 4 times

[@MsBhappy]

I'm impressed by your dedication to your career. What do you remember about your encounters with him? Was he kind and genuine?

[@marcusaurelius5524]

@@MsBhappy a very genuine and extremely intelligent man with a genuine dedicated belief in being British what it meant to him of the many ive met this man was undoubtedly the man who had the ability to make me listen genuine old school no racist like that worm heath labeled him as i found heath to probably be the most offensive arrogant man ive ever met equal with blair and his revolting wife

[@BerlingotdeLait678]

Enoch Powell was right even if I thought he wasn't before. But in the whole Europe it's the case now.

[@annedewinnaar3285]

ENOCH POWELL IN 1971 “We now know that unless some drastic change happens, large parts of many of our cities will, by the beginning of the next century, be occupied by a population that has nothing in common with the people of this country”.

[@shivsnorman]

OMG all these years later and things are even WORSE 😢

[@CSBourne]

I have watched my local high St. in London, over 20 years, become an islamic bazar where hardly a white person ever sets foot. Do not presume to tell me that he was wrong.

[@paillette2010]

Oh no! An unhapoy racist !!! What shall we do!?!?!

[@CSBourne]

@@paillette2010 Everybody is a racist, but some people lie about it.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@@paillette2010 So are the Islamists marching on British streets chanting "jihad" and "from the river to the sea" also racist?

[@KK-wt1te]

​@CSBourne speak for yourself 😂

[@danielalvesldiniz]

imagine being british and complain about someone entering your country xD the audacity!

[@PeterMc141]

Has anyone walked around Tottenham lately?

[@AtlasofInfo]

He was 100% correct. Top bloke Enoch Powell.

[@Joedirt3349]

Enoch Powell was right

[@paillette2010]

Nope

[@JohnSmith-cs7jg]

@@paillette2010yup

[@paillette2010]

@@JohnSmith-cs7jg racists gotta racist. *shrug*

[@JohnSmith-cs7jg]

@@paillette2010 nothing to do with racism, go educate yourself and listen to all angles, not just the ones that suit you. Good day.

[@PhilAlumb]

@@paillette2010 ..Study World History and The RACISM of Non-White Cultures.

[@sacredsoma]

A true caring prophet, history has proved the foulness all who opposed and demonised him

[@paololuckyluke2854]

The irony is that this is exactly how both politicians and the general population feel in any of the countries of origin. Only the British find some reason to get hung up about it.

[@TheAk1292]

He was reflecting the views of dare I say much of the population at the time who were fearful and ignorant. Two terms which are related in that we fear that which we don't understand. Then there will be others who will use that fear to increase their own status and cause trouble. Listening to him on this interview I don't get that sense but this is only a single interview. He reminds me a little of William Reese Mogg. Both very intelligent men who actually make some good points. But both are probably best described as Little Englanders who wish for a time that probably never really existed except for the few like them lived in the upper echelons of society. Some will see him as a racist and maybe he is. But on the basis of this interview I don't think he was intending to be so. But as I said, this is only a single interview so who knows?

[@__Andrew_]

very mature sensible remarks.

[@oldjoeclarke.]

The truth.

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

The poor man must turn in his grave seeing his speech needed being not only for the birds, but still labelled…….racist by the increasing number of lefties. The UK is FKD and I am happy not to be one of his majesty subjects but saddened to see what this country has become. Beyond recognition

[@stevengibbons8638]

He's the BEST EVER ❤

[@dartharpy9404]

Thanks

[@os5573]

Why re-post clips you posted years ago?

[@colleenpowell462]

I've never seen this clip and I would guess that others haven't viewed it either. What a pertinent topic.

[@PhilAlumb]

It's a Clip worth posting..and reposting and reposting again. Many viewers possibly haven't seen it. What a Foolish comment to make!

[@Arareemote]

​@@colleenpowell462It's sadly not reposted due to it's content, but for the fact it's one of the most popular clips on the channel lol. They reupload and take down things quite a lot here.

[@aussiegirl2148]

Why not?

[@utv5490]

To breed new, young racists.

[@MaxMartins-h8q]

I am a Anglo Saxon, westerm Germanic Celt. I encourage you all to promote your ethicity by using the words yourself, on social media, in conversation and on and forms even if no option is given for you. Start rebuilding our house after the collapse of eurpoean empires where we find ourselves to have no rights and are a victom class who can be policed on while others are shielded from the law. No you are not white british, White German. white american etc. That is a meanless term and a geographic location that used to be synonymous with our race but times have changed. Britain is a market place of ethnicities. You need to know which one you are in orer to negotiate for peace and not find yourself under represented in the law and human rights. If we have no name for ourselves they will and do simply call us white extremists if we make any small complaint of injustice put upon us.

[@LisaBrown-l4c]

Dick Cavett was the little ornamental garden gnome seemingly harmless wishing only to be loved by everyone while destroying the beautiful white flowers.

[@blushadow1726]

So, after listening to this interview with Enoch Powell, it would seem, we are reaping what we once sowed. As according to Mr Powell the immigration problem is basically down to the British ravaging and taking of other countries and thus creating British Empire, which gave the people of these once colonised countries, eventually the commonwealth, the right to come to the UK as a British citizen, yes, the law was eventually changed and this stopped in 1962. However the Irony is incredible, as the very people who wave the Great British flag, see our country through rose tinted glasses and think of themselves as patriots of our once Great British Empire, are the very ones who cry about the immigration problem. They clearly did not envisage that Air travel would (excuse the pun) Take off in the way it did, lol.

[@mickdavis8163]

Nostradamus would of been proud of that prediction he said there would b rivers of blood

[@GeorgiaMartin-ll9qg]

Birmingham today: 51% White British

[@mickbeeee]

He was right !!! infact, it is far far worse than he predicted !! What a disaster our lovely country has became

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

“-These damnable subjects just arrrrrrrrived, you seeeeeeeee, we didn’t ahhhhhhhhh-sk for their services, and therein lies the problem!”’

[@CSBourne]

I had already replied to your infantile comment, but like a thief in the night, KZbin stole it away. Do you need to be protected from reality or do KZbin underestimate you ?

[@sharonhyde7735]

Everyone laughed!

[@borderlord]

"Eventually Reality breaks through" Nobody sane can say he was wrong around 50 years later!

[@danielalvesldiniz]

the british: invade half of the world, destroy indigenous populations also the british: pls no come to UK, we indigenous :(((((

[@jamietherooster]

Atleast half the world no longer lives in mud huts which they would be without us. Ungrateful

[@asukaknightmare8904]

@@jamietherooster That's just about the most deranged excuse for slavery I've ever heard. If you have to start your argument with "At least" (that is the correct way to write it, civilized overlord), then don't bother typing it out at all.

[@jamietherooster]

Slavery would exist on a much larger scale than it still does if it was not for the British Empire ending our part in it. You have absolutely nothing to say about modern slavery in parts of the world as there's no virtue signalling points up for grabs. We are heroes, you should be thankful Mr victim@@asukaknightmare8904

[@thegoodsgone1965]

Britain has been invaded for millennia. Read up on the Battle of Hastings. 👍🏻

[@Xanderman]

The English were the first to actively put an end to slavery.

[@NinaB1977]

This bloke is the Pauline Hanson of the UK from Australia.

[@IvanhoeElTerrible]

What is the best Powell's biography I can read?

[@thomaseusebio7724]

A true freedom fighter that represents Judea-Christian culture and heritage. We are not perfect, but we are good, a sentiment that shines for its absence with this generation; it's up to us old timers to teach them at home and where ever ye have a chance.

[@deadmoney5580]

Judeo christian, really?

[@ubet6691]

Such sentiments have always been grounded in anachronistic fears of change.

[@PhilAlumb]

No..Grounded in Truth from Provable Experience. 💯

[@ubet6691]

@@PhilAlumb What truth? I can promise you one thing; if you try to explain your so-called truth, you’ll merely prove my earlier point; that is, you long for a past when things were much better, and you’re scared of change.

[@KidMillions]

Mass immigration is change alright, no worries there.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Weimar Germany 1933 - "Change is always good."

[@CSBourne]

@@ubet6691I presume that you consider change to be always for the better. It is certainly not so. Ask the North American Indians for their opinions on that matter.

[@ZacharyWeaver-rc8xc]

How many territories did the British empire invade and colonize? Looks like karma might’ve caught up.

[@ryanhaase1271]

And every one of them is better off for it.

[@ZacharyWeaver-rc8xc]

@@ryanhaase1271 tell that to the native Americans

[@jasonpalacios2705]

How was it karma if the British Government allowed them to come?

[@WrightsW5]

Those British - made from the Celtic, Roman, Angle, Saxon, Jute, Viking, Norman invasions into Britain.

[@tyrantsquirrel575]

Difference is, we brought benefits (toilets, democracy, infrastructure, sports, you name it) and then we left. The people coming here bring NOTHING except backward practices, hatred of the host country, and never leave.

[@jeffg68]

He was right. They should have heeded his warnings.

[@SilencioEnLaNoche.]

The only non-degenerate PM Britain has ever had.

[@FrontRowSection8]

The Empire’s chickens coming home to roost! One can not unreap what one have sown! Simple impossible dear boy.

[@elfpower8300]

Grammar counts,buddy

[@PhilAlumb]

One reaps what one sows..😳😆🤣Do some research on World History of imperialism and slavery. People of Color, Asians, Africans, etc. have had a very long history of Enslaving others.

[@rwc20071]

Good of you to admit that immigration is a punishment

[@JohnSmith-cs7jg]

⁠@@elfpower8300you should’ve put a gap between your comma and the word buddy.

[@JasonX2]

But diversity is strength I thought? You people have no arguments at all, just proves that this is a plan intended to destroy the country.

[@no-wr6bj]

Very weird to see a bunch of racists jump into the replies but this is the modern world we live in.

[@PhilAlumb]

Ah, Racism Accusations.. the gift that keeps on giving. Try studying World History.

[@paillette2010]

Nailed it. They had their heart ins when Britain was colonizing and fũcking over other countries, but god forbid immigration to the UK. They need a diaper change.

[@colleenpowell462]

Look in the mirror...

[@no-wr6bj]

@@PhilAlumb you might be racist.

[@Nemisish]

Well since 90% of the world is racist, you are the odd on out.

[@josephlidster4134]

Who's here in 2024, watching his predictions come true?

[@blushadow1726]

I’m not questioning whether he was right or wrong, this is just an observation, but after listening to this interview, it would seem, we are reaping what we once sowed. As according to Mr Powell the immigration problem is basically down to the British ravaging and taking of other countries, thus creating the British Empire, which then gave the people of these once colonised countries, eventually the commonwealth, the right to come to the UK as a British citizen, yes, the law was eventually changed and this stopped in 1962. However the Irony is incredible, as the very people who wave the Great British flag, view England through rose tinted glasses and think of themselves as patriots of our once Great British Empire, are the very ones who cry about the immigration problem. They clearly did not envisage that Air travel would (excuse the pun) Take off in the way it did.

[@steveconn1375]

Spot on he was right no one listen to him

[@rankoorovic7904]

The irony of this is that as much as he is right about the UK he is even more right about France for example

[@jaymudd2817]

Looks like he was right!

[@FabrizioBianchi]

So much time spent to make no point other than that for which, for some obscure reason that only resides in his mind, people residing in Britain are different and that there is a danger in having others coming to share city space with them. So sad.

[@KidMillions]

If the population of Italy was replaced by immigrants from Eritrea and Sudan, it's still the same Italy. Is that what you're saying?

[@utv5490]

Where would all the Europeans be???

[@tyrantsquirrel575]

Its more the people coming had and have vastly different cultures and religions, and breed at a rapid rate. Doesn't take a genius to anticpate the eventual outcome

[@FabrizioBianchi]

@@KidMillions you are thinking of invasion, not immigration. Italy as a territory has been targeted by huge migratory waves and invasions all throughout its history, even modern, and the little identity we can proudly show off is a product of that. When people migrate they bring with them their customs and values, but inevitably encounter the other's and a compromise is struck, enriching both parties as a result. Invasions instead force one party's values onto others, but that is what people like this guy have been doing for centuries, not what is happening in Europe.

[@FabrizioBianchi]

@@utv5490 wherever they want.

[@peterbettell1361]

Spot on

[@Jiuyal2406]

Honestly, take what you will from this interview, his actions speak louder than his words. He’s an intellectual racist, and that’s giving him more credit than he deserves.

[@CSBourne]

Calling him names does not obscure the fact that he was absolutely right. Well, maybe it does for you. ps Everyone is racist but some people lie about it.

[@Arareemote]

I like how you say "his actions" yet you conveniently ignore all of his actions before that speech especially during the war, which would reveal to you he was the exact opposite. He was very opposed to racism and took more than a few personal stances against it. It really is both remarkably benighted and intellectually dishonest to consider him a racist. And to then spread it around like fact just further cements you as a fraud.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

What actions?

[@JohnSmith-it6hj]

You might as well call someone a snozzcumber as racist, both childish nonsense words, you get an F- for that

[@asukaknightmare8904]

​@@CSBourne Thanks for openly outing yourself for what you are. And good luck telling yourself that everyone is like you, so you can feel better about being such a miserable lowlife.

[@kentneil7100]

A hero of common sense

[@CyberspacedLoner]

In the Western Countries the choice is between Multi Ethnic Democracy or White Christian Nationalism/Conservative Republican Minority Rule Authoritarianism/Dictatorship

[@colleenpowell462]

Say NO to mob rule!!

[@PhilAlumb]

​@@colleenpowell462...Leftism has become Cancerous.

[@CSBourne]

Multi Ethnic Democracy ? ah how naive. What you mean is islamic totalitarian theocracy.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Mosley had told the truth about immigration long before Powell did.

[@X3R013]

This guy is so amazingly disingenuous it reminds me of nowadays. Quite sure a few British people had a great old time and made a pretty penny in Jamaica before 1944. Add to that the people of the empire didn't profit in an equitable manner, the comparisons are ridiculous.

[@CSBourne]

And so he was wrong about the effects of unfettered immigration ? Let me answer that for you. I have watched my neighbourhood change from a traditional east end cockney population to an islamic controlled enclave in about 20 years. I recently saw a group photo of our local secondary school which had not one white face in it. I imagine that people like yourself think that white genocide is a good thing, after all we were so nasty that we must deserve whatever we get.

[@PhilAlumb]

He's Not Disingenuous at all. He's Intelligent, well-studied and bracingly Honest. Oh..to have that fearless truth Today...the cancel culture people would have a fit!

[@meio4744]

The British are not in Jamaica anymore and what does that have to do with mass migration.

[@utv5490]

It's hard to argue with racists. They are so thick

[@tyrantsquirrel575]

​@@utv5490and you're a rabid ideologue

[@Tha_1_jrf]

Theres a deep sickness in britilain right now and this man os the cause

[@thewatcher992]

This man died 25 years ago. He was last in parliament 36 years ago. The last time he was part of a cabinet was 55 years ago. When he was a part of a government, nobody listened to him. So how is he the cause of anything?

[@Tha_1_jrf]

​@@thewatcher992spreading whatever the brain disease in Britain is that's making everyone act this way and lose it's standing in the world

[@CSBourne]

The 'deep sickness' that you refer to is the result of his not being listened to.

[@Tha_1_jrf]

​@@CSBourneyou've got the brain disease as well, friend

[@PhilAlumb]

The "deep sickness" is woke-ism & the cancel culture mentally stunted.

[@watsonroadster3707]

Was Nigel Farage Enoch Powell's pool boy???

[@michaelroberts1726]

What do you mean

[@utv5490]

They are both cut from the same cloth........toilet paper.

[@lilmsgs]

This guy is spinning lies

[@Funkybassuk]

Total lies. After WWII it was American money and Subcontinental / Caribbean workers that helped rebuild Britain.

[@PhilAlumb]

No, He is telling the Truth that Cancel Culture can't cope with.

[@lilmsgs]

@@PhilAlumb lol, far from it.

[@ryanhaase1271]

The number of examples you provide make your argument irrefutable.

[@lilmsgs]

@@PhilAlumb lol no. He's a racialist

[@NuWhoSucks]

The greatest Prime Minister we never had.

[@LeighRichards27]

😂. Powell was a lying racist proved wrong on everything. Just a shame the bigot didnt live to see the UK having it's first PM from a ethnic minority.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Huh? Review his speeches and his writings and you’ll be relieved that he never was (unless you support/approve of that sort of thing). Ah, but he was clever and eloquent.

[@JasonX2]

​@fifthbusiness1678 He was a legitimate genius intellectually, and his ideas would have saved a lot of lives and a little thing called British culture if they had been implemented.

[@GeorgiaMartin-ll9qg]

Birmingham today: 51% Wh!te Br%tish (post disappears without changes!)

[@bickmeister4453]

The numbers vastly outweigh his worst fears. Thanks for nothing LibLabCon