I'm sorry, but anyone who hasn't visited Birmingham city centre cannot tell me there isn't a problem with immigration in this country. I can fully understand the sentiments of the 66 year old man quoted in the article, and I know many people in my own family and who are friends who feel the same way. There are even people who are part of these 'ethnic minorities' who would agree (I couldn't believe it when I saw this black dude on Question Time saying he voted UKIP). Immigration is a problem over here, a real problem. But everyone who says so are just branded closet racists and told that they are simply intolerant assholes.
I agree with insanity to an extent, many of the problems in run down areas in the UK are due to local councils and poor government. I've never bought into the whole 'they took our jobs' bullshit (although when you have companies paying attention to racial quotas with these 'equal opportunities forms' then something stinks). But people are voting UKIP for a reason. They're sick of seeing so many foreigners in this country, and so many people who are at odds with their own cultures. I go back to Birmingham as an example (as I live here). In this city, in so many areas, white British people are a minority. There is nothing inherently wrong with that (and anyone who suggests I am saying so can get fucked). But when you enter an 'ethnic' area, you fucking know about it. You are genuinely scared to walk in these places. They're like ghettos. They are shitholes, nobody cares for their homes or their streets. Everyone is brown and wearing clothing you'd associate with muslims. There are burkhas everywhere you look. You get the feeling that you are the outsider. You couple that with the fact there there are islamic book stores around every corner which have had terrorists plotting their attacks in there, more faith schools than you can shake a stick at that have recently been involved with Islamic community members obstructing education in favour of Islamic teachings, Mosques protruding the skyline... it's all just too much for people to comprehend, things have changed so rapidly. I'm only 21 but I can seriously notice a massive difference from when I was a young kid to now. There's over 200 mosques in this city for fuck sake and I bet at least 100 of them must of been built since I was born if not more.
So yeah, I think this is a problem. A cultural one, not necessarily a racial one. The links between ethnic minorities and poor standards of living, high unemployment rates etc. may or may not have something to do with one another. I genuinely don't know, all I can do is speak from first hand experience, living in areas that I have seen a very rapid and unnerving change in. The more these areas get run down, the more foreign influence you see. Correlation doesn't equal causation, I know that. But it's usually an indicator of something.
And before people jump in saying I'm one of the ones blaming foreigners for all of Britain's woes. I'm not. I'm genuinely not. I can see it coming though. I'm just trying to give perspective on what people who actually live here are thinking, and what we see on a day to day basis.
I agree with insanity to an extent, many of the problems in run down areas in the UK are due to local councils and poor government. I've never bought into the whole 'they took our jobs' bullshit (although when you have companies paying attention to racial quotas with these 'equal opportunities forms' then something stinks). But people are voting UKIP for a reason. They're sick of seeing so many foreigners in this country, and so many people who are at odds with their own cultures. I go back to Birmingham as an example (as I live here). In this city, in so many areas, white British people are a minority. There is nothing inherently wrong with that (and anyone who suggests I am saying so can get fucked). But when you enter an 'ethnic' area, you fucking know about it. You are genuinely scared to walk in these places. They're like ghettos. They are shitholes, nobody cares for their homes or their streets. Everyone is brown and wearing clothing you'd associate with muslims. There are burkhas everywhere you look. You get the feeling that you are the outsider. You couple that with the fact there there are islamic book stores around every corner which have had terrorists plotting their attacks in there, more faith schools than you can shake a stick at that have recently been involved with Islamic community members obstructing education in favour of Islamic teachings, Mosques protruding the skyline... it's all just too much for people to comprehend, things have changed so rapidly. I'm only 21 but I can seriously notice a massive difference from when I was a young kid to now. There's over 200 mosques in this city for fuck sake and I bet at least 100 of them must of been built since I was born if not more.
So yeah, I think this is a problem. A cultural one, not necessarily a racial one. The links between ethnic minorities and poor standards of living, high unemployment rates etc. may or may not have something to do with one another. I genuinely don't know, all I can do is speak from first hand experience, living in areas that I have seen a very rapid and unnerving change in. The more these areas get run down, the more foreign influence you see. Correlation doesn't equal causation, I know that. But it's usually an indicator of something.
And before people jump in saying I'm one of the ones blaming foreigners for all of Britain's woes. I'm not. I'm genuinely not. I can see it coming though. I'm just trying to give perspective on what people who actually live here are thinking, and what we see on a day to day basis.
