Is Britain racially intolerant?

Hmmm...

I wouldn't say Britain is completely intolerant of races. I personally believe that the reason everything is 'kicking off' because people wont leave their damn baggage home.

If your part of our (british) society please try to integrate , your own customs are fine and dandy , just don't preach or try to change your street/town/city into a Indian/Polish/Chinese ghetto just because you don't like our ways of life.

Or to put it in a more colloquial format

"Don't like it ? Piss off"

The media never helps , Big Brother and other reality drivel expect and cultivate this kind of thing. 8/10 papers declare that Britain is overflowing with immigrants who are 'stealing our jobs' and 'claiming our benefits' .

I find the only (quasi) reliable source to be 'The Mirror'.

Anyway I personally dont interact with many different races, I live in the south of england and my community is (i'm guessing) around 75% W-B .

Originally posted by lord xyz
Well, a lot f peple I know hate differently coloured people because they're differently coloured, and we do have a lot of jokes, but we wouldn't go as far as ban them from something because they're different, or refuse to help them. Well, I hope they wouldn't.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
i have a client i see about once a week. every time we meet, he tells me a new racial joke. i have to put up with it.

Questions:

1) What does balanced tolerance look like?
2) Yes means what? Everyone is intolerant or just that some people are?
3) No meaning? Everyone is tollerant? = impossible?

Britain isn't massively intolerant, the media is going wild with immigration problems and the latest big brother shit. The majority of British people actually couldn't give a shit. No one I know personally has any problem with immigrants that come here for decent reasons and then work for a living. The people who do have a problem are the average... "DEY TUK R JUBZ" folk, which is why we see racism in areas of major cities and towns... Britain is NOT a major racist country.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Are they funny?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
no comment.

Tell some.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Well, a few dozen people died in the King riots, as opposed to none in Oldham. And I believe the destruction was much, much more widespread.

The main reason it was big news is that it had happened at all. Nothing close to it had happened in over a decade, and nothing since, and I understand race crime in Oldham has dropped in the years since.

Compared to the King riots, I think if something like Oldham happened in LA, it would be forgotten fairly quickly because it would be dwarved in scale.

sorry your wrong Race crime in Oldham is on the up
and comparing the Oldham riots to L.A is a bit of a stretch
L.A is a lot bigger than Oldham hence the Oldham riots were easier to contain
sure there were no deaths but given the rise in gun crime and knife attacks in the UK since i guess if it happened today this wouldnt be the case

i know the guy charged with inciting the riots
it was an argument that got out of control
next thing a gang of tooled up asians attacked a pub full of people having a quiet drink and it spread from there

Ush why dont you come down from Chelmsford and go for a walk round Glodwick which is pretty much 100% asian and famous for the legend NO WHITES sprayed on a wall as you enter
good luck
sadly youd be doing your moderating Stephen Hawking stylee from then

I know my area,i read my local rag...which has asian correspondants so there is no bias and sadly every night there is some incident involving a racially motivated attack
im sure Chelmsford is a multiciltural wonderland where everyone gets along
unfortunatly Oldham isnt

as for "they took our jobs" my dad has ran a building buisness for years and hes losing contracts because Polish builders are coming over and charging ridiculously low rates..its not just my dad all the builders in my local are feeling it

same goes for the guys on £9 an hour who were laid off from a sheet metal firm only for the boss to take on Poles at minimum wage £5.35 a week later...its happening

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/archive/politics/oldham1.shtml

Originally posted by Bardock42
Tell some.

A: There could've been more. 😐

Originally posted by lord xyz
Q: 2 [insert race here] people die in a car crash, why is that wasteful?

A: There could've been more. 😐

😐 🙄

Originally posted by lord xyz
Q: 2 [insert race here] people die in a car crash, why is that wasteful?

A: There could've been more. 😐

I like it. Though I knew. Let me try though:

Q: 2 Gypsies die in a car crash, why is that wasteful?

A: There could've been more

Originally posted by Bardock42
I like it. Though I knew. Let me try though:

Q: 2 Gypsies die in a car crash, why is that wasteful?

A: There could've been more

You seem obsessed by Gypsies.

Originally posted by By Crom!
You seem obsessed by Gypsies.

Yeah, apparently.

And another:

Q: Why do [insert race here] people smell?
A: So blind people hate them too.

Originally posted by lord xyz
And another:

Q: Why do [insert race here] people smell?
A: So blind people hate them too.

Waht do you think of these jokes?

Originally posted by §P0oONY
Questions:

1) What does balanced tolerance look like?
2) Yes means what? Everyone is intolerant or just that some people are?
3) No meaning? Everyone is tollerant? = impossible?

Britain isn't massively intolerant, the media is going wild with immigration problems and the latest big brother shit. The majority of British people actually couldn't give a shit. No one I know personally has any problem with immigrants that come here for decent reasons and then work for a living. The people who do have a problem are the average... "DEY TUK R JUBZ" folk, which is why we see racism in areas of major cities and towns... Britain is NOT a major racist country.

1 - I guess by 'balanced tolerance' I'm referring to a split that shows part being tolerant and part being intolerant. Hence the word 'balanced'.

2 - The majority.

3 - Again, the majority. Surely, this should be obvious?

As for Britain being a racist country, I can't say that I am in a position to judge fairly. However, the reports I have read and the recent limited experiences I have had suggest that it could be the case.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo

As for Britain being a racist country, I can't say that I am in a position to judge fairly. However, the reports I have read and the recent limited experiences I have had suggest that it could be the case.

I think racism is prevalent in the U.K.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I can't say if it is or not. I know lots of people who aren't, many who are.

The only kind of racism I hear from people close to me is the armchair "They take all our jobs", racists. Most of these people actually have many friends from said races anyway. It's a bit stupid.

I've never known any real, serious racists.

I think it depends where you go.

-AC

In the last 4 years, since the expansion of the EU, there has been a huge influx of Eastern European immigrants to the UK. Do you find that people think it is OK to joke about this situation? And, if they do, do you think that this is racist behaviour?

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
In the last 4 years, since the expansion of the EU, there has been a huge influx of Eastern European immigrants to the UK. Do you find that people think it is OK to joke about this situation? And, if they do, do you think that this is racist behaviour?

My experience of most Eastern Europeans I have met is they work harder for less. They are usually disliked by the local communities. I have seen them shouted at in Asda as they walk round by racists.

Originally posted by By Crom!
Waht do you think of these jokes?

The immigrants are taking over the uk.

their are now:
1 million Polish in uk
1-3 million paki & indian
1-2 million negros/blacks
half a million chinkies
1-2 million others

against

5 million chav racist

winner

IMMIGRANT.

p.s.
im not racist.