The Empire Strikes Back!
Although this report appeared in the online version of UK’s Independent newspaper, I remember hearing a similar story run on the BBC news while still a student in Birmingham, UK. The current story, based on studies by demographers from Manchester University, believe that Leicester will be the frist British city where the white population will find itself a minority within approximately 12 years. This will be followed by Birmingham 5 years later. That’s both the British cities which I lived in, and it certainly brings to reality my oft-used description of where I studied – Indian, UK.
I also remember driving to certain residential areas within Birmingham and seeing signs stating “No Whites Allowed” as well as occasionally coming across a story in the local newspaper of a white male getting beaten up along Broad Street (the main street in Birmingham, where all the clubs were located) and the police suspecting and investigating a possible racial motive (talk about reverse racism! Everyone expects it to be white on black/colour). In addition to those memories, is the memory of countless Indian or “Balti” (allegedly an invention from Birmingham) restaurants, often outnumbering MacDonald’s outlets. And not to mention, the fact that it was declared on national TV (again by the BBC) that Britain’s official national food was not fish and chips as many would have thought, but… wait for it… CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA!! A Balti dish!!
In the area of education, it has long been reported that there is a shortage of teachers in England. I believe that this could largely be the result of the fact that Britain has such strong laws restricting the parent’s ability to discipline their children. This is a direct cause of the ill-disciplined and abusive school children, leading again to a reluctance for many to join the teaching profession. The solution? Britain has been “importing” Indian teachers to teach their children the full range of subjects, including English! Just imagine them with all their thick Indian accents! (I guess it wouldn’t make much of a difference considering that many Brits don’t speak (proper) English anyways!)
Hmmmm… Is all this a case of the Empire strikes back?!
Although this report appeared in the online version of UK’s Independent newspaper, I remember hearing a similar story run on the BBC news while still a student in Birmingham, UK. The current story, based on studies by demographers from Manchester University, believe that Leicester will be the frist British city where the white population will find itself a minority within approximately 12 years. This will be followed by Birmingham 5 years later. That’s both the British cities which I lived in, and it certainly brings to reality my oft-used description of where I studied – Indian, UK.
I also remember driving to certain residential areas within Birmingham and seeing signs stating “No Whites Allowed” as well as occasionally coming across a story in the local newspaper of a white male getting beaten up along Broad Street (the main street in Birmingham, where all the clubs were located) and the police suspecting and investigating a possible racial motive (talk about reverse racism! Everyone expects it to be white on black/colour). In addition to those memories, is the memory of countless Indian or “Balti” (allegedly an invention from Birmingham) restaurants, often outnumbering MacDonald’s outlets. And not to mention, the fact that it was declared on national TV (again by the BBC) that Britain’s official national food was not fish and chips as many would have thought, but… wait for it… CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA!! A Balti dish!!
In the area of education, it has long been reported that there is a shortage of teachers in England. I believe that this could largely be the result of the fact that Britain has such strong laws restricting the parent’s ability to discipline their children. This is a direct cause of the ill-disciplined and abusive school children, leading again to a reluctance for many to join the teaching profession. The solution? Britain has been “importing” Indian teachers to teach their children the full range of subjects, including English! Just imagine them with all their thick Indian accents! (I guess it wouldn’t make much of a difference considering that many Brits don’t speak (proper) English anyways!)
Hmmmm… Is all this a case of the Empire strikes back?!
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