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40% Don't want black neighbours
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This article from todays guardian makes interesting reading. The small minded ness of people never ceases to amaze me. I guess "newspapers" such as the Scum and the Hate Mail are one of the catalysts for this:rolleyes:
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I wouldn't think so myself, unless you've a concrete example in mind
Well that's freedom of expression for you I guess.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004030688,00.html
Oh. My. God. People *believe* this xenophobic, murdoch empire trash.:eek2:
My neighbours didn't weren't happy about our house being built where it was because everyone else on the street was white, and because it is a private road, they had real community spirit that they thought we might ruin.
Ten odd years down the line and they love us.
It's all about exposing the ignorance, and breaking down the boundaries.
Because I remember reading the similair stories about the Hong Kong Chinese who would be flooding to Britain after the reunification with China, still haven't met one yet.
Because they quote 'leader' as saying all 50000 Roma in Poland are coming - really? has he spoken to them all? carried out a MORI poll or is this just speculation?
Because of their track record on issues dealing with immigration, asylum-seekers and gypsies
I wish more people thought like you but unfortunately ignorance combined with inflammatory press articles and politicians are the reasons for the surveys results.
Well it refers to immigrants, and however many generations some black people are, many people still see them as immigrants.
Oh dear.
Damn that freedom of speech ay?:p
or personal experience. i wouldn't necessarily object to having black/asian neighbours but i wouldn't want to live in very black/asian areas, black areas have a lot of crime and i doubt asians in their own areas would be interested in white people that much
:banghead:
Oh dear.
What an appropriate name you have. :rolleyes:
Maybe you should try living in a black or asian area. You might well be suprised.
Sorry,
all areas have crime. you could live in the most poshest white estate and still have crime.
Where you live is it mostly black/asian and if so are you treat any differently from the black community ? if you were black would you fit in that area better or are you accepted as you are ?
Also be honest but do you get much verbal from the black/asian community ?
I just wanted to get an insight from a white person in a mainly coloured area.
I'm accepted pretty much as I am I think. There are pubs that are mainly white, pubs that are mainly black and pubs that are well mixed. If I go to a pub that is mainly black I have no problems.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00AY-A.asp
2001 census results for London borough of Lambeth.
So Lambeth is about 25% black.
I wouldn't mind a colored neighbor moving in next to where I am currently.
But I wouldn't move into a neighborhood (willingly) which is dominated by a specific kind immigrants (mixtures are okay). Frankly, I don't feel safe (and yes, I am the daughter of immigrants myself, and they neither would willingly move to such a neighborhood).
Frankly I would say its natural to feel wary of unfamiliar surroundings if your not used to it but its psychological once your used to it you wonder what all the fuss was about.
The area I grew up in was split pretty even between Blacks, Whites and Asians. I lived in Portsmouth for six months a few years ago, this is a town with virtually no ethnic minorities and I did often feel a bit nervous when I first got there but after a while that disappeared.
I wouldn't say that this is necessarily the view of the whole country. For every Sun article, there is another one from the other side stirring up the race issue which I think does more harm than good, as far as I'm concerned, more people than ever are tolerant to other races these days.
Yes there are areas with tension. But the great majority of places with mixed raced populations are perfectly safe and friendly, and all sections of the community interact with each other just fine.
I'm sure most of the white people of Bradford are not to blame for the tension. Just as most of Asians aren't either. But every action provokes a reaction, and violent Asian youths are only the result of decades of prejudice, abuse and attacks the Asian community has been at the receiving end of.
Cant we all just say our views once and then move on?
Long gone are the days when the evil Americans were the subject of all debate. Obviously Dubya is not what he used to be
"The hate mail makes everything up and their stiring up trouble"
"But there really are floods of immigrants"
"No there isnt, look at the facts"
"But they're diluting our culture"
Bla Bla....
My experience is of no significant problems living in racially mixed areas. Of course you get the odd arsehole, be they white, black, asian or whatever. But generally everyone gets on. Thats been my experience of living in 4 different cities in the UK.
Feel free to write about your own experiences.