England is as diverse a community as you can find anywhere. Mainly, the populous is spread in cultural boundaries, (especially in London)
Brixton: British Blacks
Kilburn: Irish
Golders Green: Jewish
Finchley Central: Pakistani
As such there will always be grievances here, because not enough time is spent with different cultures. The ethnics here however, cause real strife. I have no personal intent by saying so, it's just the way it is.
Up the road, they have "taken over", (squatting), an office block. From the top floor they have hung a huge banner out the window stating how much they hate England. During the daylight hours, they stand on our streets begging, aswell as getting all the government money they'll ever need. Without sounding too harsh, they infect the tranquility this place once had. So in one hand they show how much they hate this place, and the other hand is held out for free money. I'm sorry but some resentment towards this, is purely justified.
The other day I was browsing through the classifieds in the paper. I saw this:
Jobs fair for ethnic minorities
No problems there right? Now, could you imagine if that said 'Jobs fair for white people'? Oh boy, would people be screaming racism.
Reverse racism is ever present here, and even the government and council give in to it. Barnet council's policy on housing was:
"We give more points to ethnic's because they're in greater need of housing."
Basically: People on the housing list are alloted points based on their need for housing. If you have kids you get extra points, if you're disabled etc you get more points and so on. Anyone who just so happens to be ethnic gets an extra 100 points by default simply because of the colour of their skin. I spoke to the head of Barnet council, who told me it wasn't discrimination, and then refused to talk to me any further.
How can anyone expect there not to be a level of hatred, when things are the way they are here?
As for the actual topic concerning these soon-to-be religious based laws: I actually agree. Keep religion in church, etc..
The local jewish community tried to get massive poles put up in certain areas to allow them to do things on a Saturday- within the boundary of the poles, (yes, basically going against their own religious beliefs to enable them to shop, drive and so on).
In your own home or in your place of worship = fine, but there has to be a limit.
Sure, call it racist, bias or whatever you want. It's just my opinion.
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M*W: Thank you for making your point more clear. I didn't realize it was THAT bad in London. We would never get away with that kind of stuff here. If they hate the UK so badly, then they need to go where they feel more comfortable.
I can only understand what is going on there by rereading history. My ancestors were from Germany. In the late 1600s there was a major freeze when all the wine froze and they had nothing to eat or drink. So many of them from the Palatinate were taking any boat they could to England. Just happened that when the boat my ancestors were on got to England, they were ordered to turn around and go back. The English didn't want any more Germans overrunning their country, so the boat was made to detour to Ireland. My German ancestors finally made it to north of Dublin, County Louth, and settled there marrying into Irish families. Then when my great-great grandfather came to America, he was discriminated against because he was Irish. The Irish were treated so harshly when they immigrated to the USA. That was before my time, but I remember my elders telling stories about it. Americans were snobs during the great immigration. They thought the Irish were the scum of the earth. The Irish worked hard and survived. For the most part, they all spoke English. Then came the Italians whom American's thought were scummier than the Irish. This country was based on the snooty English ethos, and everyone who came from somewhere else was simply trash. Then came the Magyars, the Turks, the Russians, all looking for some kind of manual labor to feed their families. They were just glad to be here in this country, and they all LEARNED English! Then came the influx of our neighbors to the South. They took over jobs the White Man didn't want to do: yard work, manual labor, carpet laying, construction. Not one of them took a job an American wanted. The American welfare system catered to the American Blacks who didn't want to work anyway. Then came the Vietnamese, Chinese, Koreans who are the most industrious, hard-working people I've ever seen. Their children are also the brightest and they all LEARNED English! Immigrants to the USA have contributed so much to our culture and have truly enriched it. We are still the great melting pot. Now if we could just get our American Blacks off welfare and back to work, we'd be doing okay. Of course, they holler the racist card every chance they get. The Afrikan immigrants have a better work ethic than the American Blacks. The two cultures don't integrate even though they're the same color. Cultures are constantly in the process of integrating with each other. One particular integration I can think of is Fusion Cuisine. It's a combination of Mexican and Oriental cuisine. I do hope the people of the UK are able to cope with the integrating cultures. It sounds to me that the governments of the UK are too liberal for their own good. Is the entire common market like that? I lived in Germany for a number of years, and they, too, were too liberal for me. I think the only thing that really helps in this situation is, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
