by Reg » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:32 pm
Its tribalism with a small t. People want to conform to a group, they want to be associated with chosen others who project an image.
Housing riots are a different issue and are teh result to short term convenience to stage the Olympics. When people get sufficiently pi$$ed off they´ll move thus there will be a natural solution but it will take 10 years. But thats ok.
Racism occurs when one tribal group feels threatened by another. The chinese community is Liverpool has historically got on with everyone for 200 years - no threats perceived or otherwise. The Pakistani community in Lancashire has always blended in well until a section of it began to fall out with white youths, but thats reversable.
Our black brothers living in high density areas in London are a different matter because after so many years they still havent worked out how, why and where they fit inot the community. From this frustration comes negative reaction. Goodness knows what the solution is but first they have to make the conscious decision they do actually want to contribute to society and help create a better Britain.