Yes, months have passed, and many things have happened, but I have had to stop writing here for a while. The following article so enraged me that i had to add it to my other asylum / immigration links:
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Four out of 10 whites do not want black neighbours(s)
This is a vindication of my sentiments that the UK has become mindlessly hysterical and overtly racistto immigration / asylum seekers. The massive ignorance among the British is succinctly highlighted by those polled thinking Britain had 23% first generation immigrants within its borders, when that actual value is 6%!!!. This fantasy that Britain is ‘overrun’ leads those polled to rank immigration as the most important issue facing Britain after Education and Heath. An issue that is basically over-inflated in their minds by a factor of 4!
Some 4 out of 10 white respondents did not want to live next to an ‘immigrant’ neighbour (though to be fair older people were more likely [60%] to hold these racist views than younger people [36%]).
After the rage I feel at this situation, comes an aching sadness. How can my fellow humans be so ignorant, so arrogant. I suppose people want to believe in some scapegoat, some group to blame for any injustices they feel. Sadly, this is what enabled persecution of Jews, Gypsies, Gays, ‘Blacks’ and an endless line of such scapegoats. When the Daily Mail runs such inflammatory anti-immigrant stories, it is merely following a tradition, most clearly exemplified by the Nazis, of stirring up hatred through racial stereotyping. I abhor this, I abhor those papers that, instead of trying hard to balance the media (mis)representation of this issue, continue to perpetrate myths and fantasies. I wish this poll was the fantasy, but this simply is not the case.
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