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white privilege
Don Seer:
ohh but that doesn't mean racism doesnt exist.. but we have had a more varied cultural mix than a lot of places for several generations now.
that doesnt mean there arent racists here either.. there are.. but the issues is pointed more at immigration that at skin colour lately (but the lowest common denominator cant tell the difference)
what IS happening here that people dont like is reverse racism.
many larger cities now have areas where minority communities are creating and employing, and buying up houses in specific areas for only their race and driving out residents who may have lived in that area for generations.. i see this as "taking over" areas instead of integrating. kind of like reverse gentrification.
the immigration issue is more about people not stopping at the first 'safe' country they can and coming all the way here because they think we're richer/nicer.
*Jamal*:
--- Quote from: Overseer on December 10, 2004, 06:52:09 AM ---ohh but that doesn't mean racism doesnt exist.. but we have had a more varied cultural mix than a lot of places for several generations now.
that doesnt mean there arent racists here either.. there are.. but the issues is pointed more at immigration that at skin colour lately (but the lowest common denominator cant tell the difference)
what IS happening here that people dont like is reverse racism.
many larger cities now have areas where minority communities are creating and employing, and buying up houses in specific areas for only their race and driving out residents who may have lived in that area for generations.. i see this as "taking over" areas instead of integrating. kind of like reverse gentrification.
the immigration issue is more about people not stopping at the first 'safe' country they can and coming all the way here because they think we're richer/nicer.
--- End quote ---
Could you explain how they're "driving" out the residents? I'm not arguing, just asking.
Sometimes immigrants don't stop at the first safe country because they want to go to a place where they either have family, or where a substantial population of their ethnicity lives... This isn't true for that whole group of people who don't stop at the first safe country, but it could be a reason for some of them.
Don Seer:
the driving out thing is basically the harrassment of the "different" people in the area.. this goes on regardless... even in fully white areas some people end up as targets... a small white population in an asian area will be targetted by asian youths just like how a small asian population in a white area is in some cases.
the immigration thing is a big problem here because where some countries have a hard line on it.. we dont.. we're seen as a soft touch.. they know if they get here they'll be hpused + fed (securely though) until their fate is decided. in other countries they're taken to the border
*Jamal*:
I see what you mean. Is that a common problem in the UK?
Don Seer:
In larger cities yeah. we dont have a large asian community down here.. and luckily we're the other end of the country from Dover which is the normal port of entry for immigrants who hide in lorries from France.
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