Immigration and Racism in Britain and USA

A heated argument ensued with the translator. He objected, not about the seat belt law but about being spoken to by a woman.

I heard a woman tell how when she lived in Germany she had to pay for translation services, and pay for German classes. As such she

a. learned the language
b. valued being able to speak it.

The government here is proposing free English lessons for immigrants.

A heated argument ensued with the translator. He objected, not about the seat belt law but about being spoken to by a woman.

Btw: there are about 300,000 registered Britons living constantly in Spain, and experts estimate that up to three times as many Britons spend a significant part of the year living in Spain.

Germany, which comes second among the EU countries, provides only half as many.

Btw: there are about 300,000 registered Britons living constantly in Spain, and experts estimate that up to three times as many Britons spend a significant part of the year living in Spain.

That's not a problem, because everybody likes us.

We are welcomed wherever we go.

Schools made up of only ethnic minorities

The Telegraph
04/05/2008

More than 30 state schools in England are made up solely of ethnic minority pupils with no white children on the roll, according to government figures. The finding follows a warning from Britain's race watchdog that schools are becoming increasingly segregated along racial lines. Trevor Phillips of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said Britain is "sleepwalking into segregation".

Earlier research found that schools were more segregated than the communities around them. In one London borough 17 schools had more than 90% Bangladeshi pupils, while nine others had fewer than 10%. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has called for extra funds to "meet the extra educational demands on schools brought about by the recent influx of children of refugee and EU migrant families".

'Black children still being failed at school'

26/04/2008
kentnews.co.uk

Black British children are still being failed by the education system 15 years after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, says Prof Carl Parsons. He led the Department for Education and Skill's project looking at the effects of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, which outlawed any kind of racial discrimination in any public authority, including schools.

Parsons says the plight of black Caribbean children in education has barely improved. They are still three times more likely to be expelled from school, and many authorities have "no preventative strategy" to help black children in secondary schools. The only ethnic group found to have a higher drop out rate was Gypsy/Roma children, but their number was much smaller.

Ken: London needs more black teachers, police and cab drivers

Evening Standard
15.04.08

London Mayor Ken Livingstone called for more black teachers, police and taxi drivers as he unveiled his race relations manifesto. Just 8% of police officers and 5% of Black Cab drivers are black or Asian, he said, even though a third of Londoners is. He pledged tough new targets and an annual report on the number of ethnic staff in public services. If the city abandoned its multiculturalism, he warned, it could return to the riots of the 1980s.