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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
Not really when you think about it Eric, many of these blacks & muslims are probably the originals & up to second generations who originally arrived in UK in the 40's & 50's who have found their niche, accepted our peculiar British ways & see themselves as British having grown up, lived, worked & got their education here.
The majority of pre immigration indigenous (white Christian) don't have an issue with these folk & accept them as being as British as we are. Most of the animosity is geared to the late comers who expect us to change our ways to suit their attitudes. We've had years & years of immigration, integration & gradual dilution of our native stock but done carefully & over time, whereas the last lot has been enforced on us at pace & under duress ! That's the difference & hence the resentment.
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That did cross my mind ... so, we can suggest the possiblitiy that "Englishness" is more a state of mind than it is a question of color, or of what god one wished to worship, ignore, or deny. It looks like it is time to slow down on immigration and fast-track integration.