[Matthew]

I am half-English but grew up abroad, so I think I’m fairly impartial on this matter and see both sides of the argument. I don’t think Brits are more racist than other European nations, but there IS a nasty xenophobia in public discourse. The sad thing about Britain is that the tabloids here are very influential, very popular and they ARE extraordinarily crass. They do feed a constant stream of rubbish into public life which takes the breath away if you are not used to it. I am endlessly shocked by the way even half-clever papers like London’s Evening Standard constantly use offensive language to refer to asylum seekers, and the Labour party will not fight that. Some of the worst offenders here belong to Mr R.Murdoch of New York by the way.

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[Margo]

I would be interested to know whether you have visited Britain, and if so, where you went? I have recently moved from Manchester (big, diverse population) to Somerset (rural, still largely agricultural, predominantly white) I don’t feel that the general culture is anything like as racist or generally discriminates to the same extent as in the US. British children are taught about other cultures (we learned about Diwali, Eid, Yom Kippur and other religious festivals as well as Christian festivals, even in a school which had no non-white pupils at all. Who said ‘all these people are stupid?’ and in what context? Yes, we have the National Front – you have the Ku Klux Klan – neither is typical of the nation as a whole.

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[rude2u]

I just wanted to respond to this message i found in the board.I’m from balitmore md. but I have been livein in england for about a year.now i’m an x sharp skinhead,and I plan some day in the future to go back into it once im a dad.the reason i’m tellin u bout this cause you’re answer is there is’en ne one over here to teach these kids right.but they don’t realy hate specific groups as much as you would think,more they hate ne one who’s not like them.I’ts just the class.you get stupid people havein kids at 14 (whitch is huge over here)and no stable parents to teach true values.hope this may have helped a lil. rude.

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[Skinhead-iain]

simple. they arent. im a skinhead, being a skinhead in the late 60s was a style, we listened to 2 tone and jamaican ska. the nf wasnt invented in 69, so anyone who tells you that racist skinheads are the real skinheads, give em a right good kicking from me.

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