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[Martin_1962]

Weird really, I was thinking about it a few days ago. I am white British, and most people I know are too, I know a Sikh I would consider a friend and a few Hindus pretty well, yet I personally know in real life no Muslims and no Africans or Afro Carribeans, my boss is Polish/Russian ancestry and his son is half Scottish!!!! I chat to the Chinese in the local takeaway too!

Then I thought about it, our customers are mainly white Europeans but a few are Indian owned and AFAIK mainly Hindu, the town I live in has a lot of Indian sub continent people (al three countries) but they keep themselves to themselves, except for the shop keepers (all the ones I know are Hindu), but there are few brown/black people, yet my daughter sits next to a brown/black lad in some lessons, and have been comparing dads (not sure how Senior Programmer Analyst compares to Scientist).

Just think it is a funny state of affairs, seing that there are so many people in our country that I currently don't know any African/Afro Carribeans.

Yes it was brought on by watching Who Do You Think You Are? And find it an absolutely fascinating series.

[HolyCount]

I have only had one afro-carribean friend (not a very close one at that -- more of a friend of a friend). Anyway --- he had the biggest chip on his shoulder about his colour and tended to scorn whites purely because he thought they would look down on him --- tended to get in first, so to speak.

For all the noise about equality I feel it's a one way street!

Personally I couldn't give a gnat's todger about colour or religion -- a good person is a good person and a prat is a prat, be they white, black, brown or blue with pink spots!!!

[Martin_1962]

That's what I think too, as to other ethnicities - good chance to try the food

[HerefordElite]

strange also that i'd regard the Omega as a very white middle class car

never seen any other colour driving a mig but we don't get many in these parts :-/

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have black friends and also many cultured Indian friends but I would not say that they are friends with each other.
Most of my friends are white europeans like myself.
People are much the same the world over in my opinion.

[hersham boy]

Weird really, I was thinking about it a few days ago. I am white British, and most people I know are too, I know a Sikh I would consider a friend and a few Hindus pretty well, yet I personally know in real life no Muslims and no Africans or Afro Carribeans, my boss is Polish/Russian ancestry and his son is half Scottish!!!! I chat to the Chinese in the local takeaway too!

Then I thought about it, our customers are mainly white Europeans but a few are Indian owned and AFAIK mainly Hindu, the town I live in has a lot of Indian sub continent people (al three countries) but they keep themselves to themselves, except for the shop keepers (all the ones I know are Hindu), but there are few brown/black people, yet my daughter sits next to a brown/black lad in some lessons, and have been comparing dads (not sure how Senior Programmer Analyst compares to Scientist).

Just think it is a funny state of affairs, seing that there are so many people in our country that I currently don't know any African/Afro Carribeans.

Yes it was brought on by watching Who Do You Think You Are? And find it an absolutely fascinating series.

Thats because Worcester as been taken over by Poles!!!
PS Graham Hick is God.

[philhoward]

Personally I couldn't give a gnat's todger about colour or religion -- a good person is a good person and a prat is a prat, be they white, black, brown or blue with pink spots!!!

Thats about my take on it... I like to think i take each and every person i meet on their merits as a person, and nothing to do with their origins or skin colour.

[gwa]

Hmmm. This is a very interesting thread so I think I will share this with you. In a previous life I was like a lot of you until one day I landed a 4 year contract in Zambia [Sub Saharan Africa]. I left the wife sitting a home in the UK and duly trotted of to that vast continent. After a couple of months and a lot of soul searching I met and fell in love with a young Zambian lady.

[now the interesting part] The black Zambian project manager and the white (ex-army) British project manager contrived to remove me from the project. Both insisted it was for my benefit and my removal was not a racist act. That was in 2001, I left my first wife of 28 years and set up home with my young Zambian beauty who is 25 years my junior. We now have 3 wonderful children from our first six years together. In all this time I've noticed her colour every day as she has a bueatiful light brown colour [almost like Caramac, if you remember that] and she radiates.

Trouble is, I'm now having a 'man moment' and can't remember where I was going with this ....... Ah yes! I also live in a street where the inhabitants are diverse. [the point] I was in a neighbours house a year or so ago and there was a disaster out in India or Pakistan being shown on the telly. I said "are you from out there, or are your roots Asian?". His response was "My roots maybe, but I was born & bred in Bradford", to which I replied "Ah, you're English then!". He then looked quizicle towards me and after a few elapsed seconds retorted "Nah, I'm a muslim". We then had a lengthy discussion about nationality and religion, but he confirmed that he was muslim first, Asian second and British third.

Now I am just totally confused, don't give a sh!t and generally try to keep myself to myself and enjoy my family and I am very happy.

Oh, and last Saturday serek a member of this forum who is Polish changed my Cam Cover gaskets, plugs etc etc, what a super bloke with a great sense of humour.

Its still an interesting post. Thanks

 

[tmx]

HerefordElite Alot of Polish Petes have got CD Estate Miggys!! Lidl on a sunday afternoon looks like an OOF Meet!