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Racial integration increasing in the UK
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hypnotist



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:36 pm    Post subject: Racial integration increasing in the UK Reply with quote

Thought this was an interesting backdrop to the debates I've previously had on this issue.

Guardian wrote:

Britain has become more racially integrated over the past decade, according to research released today which also debunks what it calls "myths" about Muslims choosing to live separately.

The research from Manchester University is at odds with claims by Trevor Phillips, the head of the Commission for Racial Equality, who has said Britain is "sleepwalking to segregation".

The study also says that immigration is not the reason for increased numbers of non-white Britons over the past decade, and that "white flight" from inner cities is another myth.

The researchers compared data from the 1991 and 2001 censuses, and analysed the change in different ethnic groups in 8,850 electoral wards in England and Wales. It found that the number of mixed neighbourhoods or wards - where at least 10% are from an ethnic minority - increased from 964 to 1,070 in the decade, and predicts that by 2010 the number will rise to 1,300.

The study says the increase in the number of non-white Britons is due to demographics rather than immigration. Ethnic minority populations are younger and have fewer elderly people than white communities. The number of Asian and black people is increasing because fewer die from old age and they have more women of childbearing age relative to white people.

The author of the study, Ludi Simpson, said: "The common myth is that the growth of the ethnic minority population is due to immigration. That's not true - it is more due to the growth of [ethnic minority] people born in Britain."

His analysis also challenges claims that Muslims are "self-segregating" themselves into ghettoes, with the study finding only 14 wards where an ethnic minority group comprises more than half the population. In seven of these neighbourhoods, at least half the population is of Indian origin; in the remaining seven, Muslims are the majority community.

Dr Simpson said: "Segregation does not cause social exclusion." There were 118 neighbourhoods where all non-white groups together were greater than half, and he found there was no ward where white people were less than 10% of the population. "The idea of no-go areas or apartheid does not stand up," he said.

One city repeatedly referred to as more segregated was Bradford, the scene of riots in 2001. Between 1991 and 2001 the number of mixed wards increased from 12 to 15, half the total in the West Yorkshire city. In September Mr Phillips grabbed headlines when he claimed that ghettoisation of ethnic minorities in cities such as Leicester and Bradford had almost reached the same levels as in the US. He said: "Residentially, some districts are on their way to becoming fully fledged ghettoes - black holes into which no one goes without fear and trepidation and from which no one ever escapes undamaged ... We are sleepwalking our way to segregation."

According to the study in Birmingham, the scene of violent disturbances recently, the number of racially mixed neighbourhoods increased from 18 to 27 of the city's 39 electoral wards. Official figures show the area affected, Lozells, has a very high incidence of poverty and deprivation.

Dr Simpson said his study suggests factors such as poverty have to be taken into account more than racial tension. In short, where people live is not as big a factor as some people are claiming.

"The research shows that geography is not the issue," Dr Simpson said. "Social conditions on the ground such as poverty and equal access to housing and the jobs markets for all groups are more important factors."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,11374,1642915,00.html
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stat



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm sorry, it seems your OP is not sensationalist enough. Must try harder.

Good starting points include putting 'Islam' 'PC gone mad' and 'breakdown of civilisation as we know it' in the subject title.

ps no-one'll listen to The Grauniad. Try the Daily Mail, or CNN.

Wink
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bigverne



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting article, although it does contain a number of highly suspect statements.

The study also says that immigration is not the reason for increased numbers of non-white Britons over the past decade,

Well, clearly it is one reason, although it may not be the only one

and that "white flight" from inner cities is another myth.

Which is why there are hardly any cockneys left in the East End.

Also, what exactly is their criteria for integration. They seem to assume that simply because the ethnic minority population of certain areas has increased, this means they are more 'mixed' and 'integrated'. I used to live in a fairly mixed area in London, and yet there was very little 'mixing' between the Asian and White communities. They rarely intermarried, and tended to keep to their own groups.

Dr Simpson also seems to jump to conclusions. He says that the riots in Lozells had more to do with poverty than racial tension, without explaining why similar riots have not taken place in all white areas with similar or worse levels of poverty.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bigverne wrote:

and that "white flight" from inner cities is another myth.

Which is why there are hardly any *beep* left in the East End.



Um...Cockneys? Am I right?
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bigverne



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, you know, like Dick Van Dyk.
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rapier



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If genuine integration is occurring in britain, rather than a muslim takeover, then I'm quite happy about it.

but is that really the case?I know many races have little problems merging, but how many muslims are marrying non muslims..how many muslims are converting to other religions freely, or deserting islam if they wish? Next to zero. No. Muslims are practically a separate species and determined to remain so.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rapier wrote:
If genuine integration is occurring in britain, rather than a muslim takeover, then I'm quite happy about it.

but is that really the case?I know many races have little problems merging, but how many muslims are marrying non muslims..how many muslims are converting to other religions freely, or deserting islam if they wish? Next to zero. No. Muslims are practically a separate species and determined to remain so.


Is your bigotry some kind of genetic throwback to the old country, or do you just delight in making an a$$ of yourself on a daily basis? Asking for the opinion on the topic of race and religious harmony from the likes of you is like asking George Lincoln Rockwell for a balanced view on the Holocaust.

Anything to back up these claims other than 'beliefs, emotions and (your demented) reality?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rapier wrote:
No. Muslims are practically a separate species and determined to remain so.


wow ~ my mother told me such people lurked on the web.

absolutely incredible. I'm dumbfounded that you have the intelligence to boot up a computer and create an account with Dave's yet hold such a view.
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bigverne



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is another article which demonstrates that real integration, in terms of intermarriage, is certainly not happening between the muslim and white community due to cultural barriers. A rather worrying article.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/16/ncous16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/16/ixhome.html

Ban Asian marriages of cousins, says MP

By Marco Giannangeli

Marriages between cousins should be banned after research showed alarming rates in defective births among Asian communities in Britain, a Labour MP said last night.

It is estimated that more than 55 per cent of British Pakistanis are married to first cousins, resulting in an increasing rate of genetic defects and high rates of infant mortality. The likelihood of unrelated couples having the same variant genes that cause recessive disorders are estimated to be 100-1. Between first cousins, the odds increase to as much as one in eight.

In Bradford, more than three quarters of all Pakistani marriages are believed to be between first cousins.


Now, if 75% of Pakistanis have a preference for marrying their own cousins, I seriously doubt many are marrying outside their own ethnic group in Bradford, which would lead one to believe that real integration is very unlikely indeed. But, still, every year, we allow thousands more, largely unskilled poor immigrants from the poorest, most backward parts of the subcontinent to arrive. Well, I guess they 'enrich' our rather bland society with their quaint cultural practices.


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The Bobster



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bigverne wrote:
Here is another article ...

Where's the article? I don't see any article. I just see your post. Links, please.
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jaganath69



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bigverne wrote:
Here is another article which demonstrates that real integration, in terms of intermarriage, is certainly not happening between the muslim and white community due to cultural barriers. A rather worrying article.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/16/ncous16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/16/ixhome.html

Ban Asian marriages of cousins, says MP

By Marco Giannangeli

Marriages between cousins should be banned after research showed alarming rates in defective births among Asian communities in Britain, a Labour MP said last night.

It is estimated that more than 55 per cent of British Pakistanis are married to first cousins, resulting in an increasing rate of genetic defects and high rates of infant mortality. The likelihood of unrelated couples having the same variant genes that cause recessive disorders are estimated to be 100-1. Between first cousins, the odds increase to as much as one in eight.

In Bradford, more than three quarters of all Pakistani marriages are believed to be between first cousins.


Now, if 75% of Pakistanis have a preference for marrying their own cousins, I seriously doubt many are marrying outside their own ethnic group in Bradford, which would lead one to believe that real integration is very unlikely indeed. But, still, every year, we allow thousands more, largely unskilled poor immigrants from the poorest, most backward parts of the subcontinent to arrive. Well, I guess they 'enrich' our rather bland society with their quaint cultural practices.


What percentage of whites marry outside their own ethnic groups?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


.................................... VOTE BNP

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bucheon bum



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bigverne wrote:
Here is another article which demonstrates that real integration, in terms of intermarriage, is certainly not happening between the muslim and white community due to cultural barriers. A rather worrying article.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/16/ncous16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/16/ixhome.html

Ban Asian marriages of cousins, says MP

By Marco Giannangeli

Marriages between cousins should be banned after research showed alarming rates in defective births among Asian communities in Britain, a Labour MP said last night.

It is estimated that more than 55 per cent of British Pakistanis are married to first cousins, resulting in an increasing rate of genetic defects and high rates of infant mortality. The likelihood of unrelated couples having the same variant genes that cause recessive disorders are estimated to be 100-1. Between first cousins, the odds increase to as much as one in eight.

In Bradford, more than three quarters of all Pakistani marriages are believed to be between first cousins.


Now, if 75% of Pakistanis have a preference for marrying their own cousins, I seriously doubt many are marrying outside their own ethnic group in Bradford, which would lead one to believe that real integration is very unlikely indeed. But, still, every year, we allow thousands more, largely unskilled poor immigrants from the poorest, most backward parts of the subcontinent to arrive. Well, I guess they 'enrich' our rather bland society with their quaint cultural practices.


yes, because pakistani community=muslim community.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm guessing that the news item doesn't do justice to the actual report. I wonder if it's available...

I think, as others have said, intermarriage is a poor way to judge integration. Do the communities work together, eat and shop in the same places, and so on? Socialising and marriage is somewhat beyond that. How many people marry from outside of their county, never mind outside of their race?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dulouz wrote:

.................................... VOTE BNP



At least you are open and comfortable with your racism.
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