Racism in the UK in 2011

Soft liberal academics created the concept of positive discrimination. This is before they went home to their country estates. This gives rise to the race card and the costs associated with it. Best person for the job is my belief.

As for racism per se, no amount of legislation will get rid of it, just drive it underground. As said here previously, your own experiences and upbringing will steer your thoughts as to your relationship of anything "minority".

[L3nny]

I don't understand any of this tribalism, race stuff. I don't think of myself as white, British, English or anything, I am just a bloke going about his business trying to have more good days than bad days before I am but in a box and set on fire or buried in some mud. I expect most people in every other country across the world are doing exactly the same thing.

To fight with someone just because they live on another side of an imaginary line to me is insanity. I have met people from different religions, races and nationalities, some I liked more than others but neve made my mind up until I had got to know them.

I think a lot of people just need to chill out and get on with thier lives.

Originally Posted by L3nny

I don't understand any of this tribalism, race stuff. I don't think of myself as white, British, English or anything, I am just a bloke going about his business trying to have more good days than bad days before I am but in a box and set on fire or buried in some mud.

Agreed, i know many people from many races/religions/communties, and i could not really care less how they live their lives provided it never intertwines with mine in a negative way.

I despise the differences created with regards to race/religion, especially the latter. I do have beliefs, but i dont class myself to any particular religion; im not the same a anyone else.

As i mentioned earlier, i dont discriminate against any particular groups, but against pretty much everyone. I absolutely hate the general public; i find them irritating, stupid and smelly. And believe me, if anyone pulls and endangers my life whilst i ride my SV, regardless of colour, origin, beliefs; just prepare to be offended.

[Bri w]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Of course it's not, they should be stamped out, but just because a gang of 2 or 3 bullies exist and need to be dealt with, that doesn't mean the school as a whole has a wider problem of bullying. In the 60's and 70's schools as a whole did have a problem, ethnic minorities were widely bullied, as was the case with your sister. The question I was asking was on a general level, you will get individual bad eggs wherever you go.

If you look at the voting patterns in recent years, and the fact that the BNP now have people in elected positions, I'd say the one or two bad eggs equate to several thousand in certain areas of the UK.

The trend in voting shows its on the increase, not the decrease. It may well go in cycles, e.g. the kids that were kicking off in the 60's & 70's produced kids that learn from their parents and are kicking off now. But that doesn't take into account the changes in edumakation, nor the increased immigration.

I would be inclined to think that racism is on the increase, courtesy of the media fuelled hype on immigration, but also that the type of racism is actually changing because of the perception that immigration is harming the country, and that some immigrants appear to refuse to integrate, or accept the traditional British way of life, or are here for the benefits culture.

As for multiculturalism... its the wimps word for the dilution of the British traditional way of life, like a pint of Cobra with my Bhuna .

[G]

Originally Posted by Bri w

I would be inclined to think that racism is on the increase, courtesy of the media fuelled hype on immigration, but also that the type of racism is actually changing because of the perception that immigration is harming the country, and that some immigrants appear to refuse to integrate, or accept the traditional British way of life, or are here for the benefits culture.

As for multiculturalism... its the wimps word for the dilution of the British traditional way of life, like a pint of Cobra with my Bhuna .

Is that racism or patriotism?

Looking after home first.

Originally Posted by Bri w

I would be inclined to think that racism is on the increase, courtesy of the media fuelled hype on immigration, but also that the type of racism is actually changing because of the perception that immigration is harming the country, and that some immigrants appear to refuse to integrate, or accept the traditional British way of life, or are here for the benefits culture

I'd certainly agree that the excuse used for the racism is changing as a result of the immigration perception.

Racism increasing? I'm not seeing that in my walk of life, but the path I am walking nowadays is relatively sheltered, so I don't know, one of the reasons I started this thread was to open that to a wider audience and see what the consensus of opinion was amongst others who may be more exposed, or may still feel they are on the receiving end.

Originally Posted by G

Is that racism or patriotism?

Looking after home first.

Or simply holding an opinion on the politics? Because somebody doesn't agree with some of the immigration policies, doesn't make them racist.

I think every single human being without fail probably has some sort of misconstrued or ignorant view about some other culture somewhere out there in the world, past or present.

Acting upon this in a discriminatory fashion is what makes a racist imo, and most people don't. But, if there is one thing the rise of the Nazi party taught us is that when times are really difficult in a country and the economy is failing in a fragile melting pot, people's welcoming views of other race's may not last very long.

I miss seeing golliwogs on jars of Robertson's jam. Breakfast just isn't the same since racism was invented.

Originally Posted by toxic

I miss seeing golliwogs on jars of Robertson's jam. Breakfast just isn't the same since racism was invented.

And the black and white minstrel show on tv.