Mondays Rant
There has been a lot of talk in the English press recent;y about racial tension and the way that ethnic groups have integrated or not into English society. A lot has been written by people of all denominations about the lack of structure which has led to parts of some UK cities becoming almost no go zones or zones that are predominately comprised of one colour or another. I read this morning of the fact that over 80% of white citizens do not have friends from other ethnic groups and that 43% of white people feel that people from ethnic groups should live in their own "enclaves". This is a frightening thought, not just the living arrangements but also the fact that after the July bombings there was a huge outcry as to how could these people do such things to their own country and here we have large sections of the same community who call for racial integration but it seems so long as it is not in my back yard.How can we get through the barriers? how can we make sure that there is true racial integration? What makes one section of society so anti another but at the same time still wonders how come the marginalised section of the community can inflict such terror against them. The white population needs to wake up to the idea that we live in a multi cultural society, that there needs to be more integration. What makes the white population think that it is so superior to the others? Is it because of some misguided feeling that we are still the colonial nation we once were and we only tolerate multi racial society because we are trying to civilise these groups to make them more like us, for we are the master race, one hopes not but one also has this feeling that subconsciously this may be the case. It's as if these people live in some land that does not exist, they have their heads in the sand and need to accept that there is now no longer any place that is totally of one creed or colour. The same does not only apply to Britain but also to other nations around the world. The time has come for all nations to realise that this is a global world devoid of national boundaries to some extent. A globe that exists as an entity and not as small separate entities. We face global challenges from climate change, nuclear weapons, natural disasters and man made disasters. Together we can fight these problems, separately we cannot.
But getting back to the single minded view that the white population has over the other racial groups that live in Britain. We made this multi racial society and now we have to live in it. We need to embrace ideas from other parts for to do so will enrich our lives. We have so much to learn from them as they do from us but this learning process cannot take place in isolation, there needs to be integration on all parts. Both sides need to work together for it is not a one way process as other groups have a lot to learn from us as well. We see the torment that different races suffer in their home countries and we feel that these atrocities need to stopped and so we like to think that we can offer people a safe haven in which to rebuild their lives. But at the moment it seems that we like to think that we are helping so long as these displaced peoples do not want to set up home in this green and pleasant land. But again this is not a one way process. We also see the death and destruction brought to members of our community not only at home but abroad as well, brought to an end. All peoples need to preach racial tolerance. I know that some might say that some of the death and destruction brought on members of our community is justified by our acts, and to some extent they are right, but what is needed is discussion and understanding. We all need to talk, we all need to realise that we have a place and a duty to ourselves. I know that we have all done some bad things, and here I am talking on a national level and not on a personal level even though i am sure that we have all done some bad things in our personal lives as well, and we need to be accountable for our actions, but to kill innocent people on either side is not in the interests of anyone.
The world is full of people, people who for the majority of the time live together in peace and harmony, or so we thought. But if the results of the recent surveys in Britain are to be believed it is not so much an integrated society but one that feels as if it has to tolerate the other a situation that is not good for the well being of the country nor the well being of man.
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