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true paul but like i was saying it's a minority not allxxxxx(:

My sisters boyfriend (of approx 15 years) is asian and muslim. He and his family are some of the most racist people I have ever met. He's been welcomed by my family, even at Christmas, he's even been bought Christmas presents. And yet my sister is not welcome as far as his family is concerned - because she's white. My niece (half english half italian) recently had to move back to Milton keynes from Bedford, because she lived in a predominantly asian area and was made to feel that she shouldn't be there - terrible abuse at times, and she did not feel safe walking the streets with her children. I'm not excusing racism of any kind, and I do agree that there is good and bad wherever you go, but it does come to something when someone does not feel safe in her own country due to the racism of a "minority".

i do!xxxxx(:

I think we all agree that just because you are a certain colour or religion we are not all the same....

i have many black friends aswellxxx(:

susie my stepdaughter is mixed race E x

susie that what i am sayin.not all muslims are the same .they have said they are not part of that and that's what i am sayin about the whites we're not all racist either that is what i meantx

my son and daughter in law have converted to islam,but it doesnt mean they are terrorists,although some narrow minded people seem to think they are we are all equals and should be treated the same,regardless of our colour(my daughter in law is black)! susie

Im afraid that is normal in most cultures including my own lisa. all races tend to place blame on another race for a few peoples wrong doings. Its the same the world over sad but true. E x

Lisa.... i read it the same as Elaine too babe.... sorry but it did come across that way!! But glad it's sorted now!!

no!

You can perhaps understand why Elaine read it the way she did though... alls well that ends well as they say

no i didn't paul.i meant the same as what chloe was saying in her question.i meant individual black people who thinks the whites are all the same when they have had bad experiences.x

Lisa, whilst not in any way wanting to start an arguement, you did in fairness say "don't tar us all with the same brush" which implied that you felt comments were aimed at you...

i have answered her question elaine and given my opinion.in no way was i saying anything about chloes comment.

My way of thinking is that I am proud to be English.... being white has nothing to do with it because I am in fact a pinky-brown colour!! i believe that every person has a right to their beliefs... what i can not abide is when other people tell us what we should be doing. recently there was an article that said in Muslim country's they were about to start Ramadam (spelling??) and that ANYONE no matter what race or religion that was caught in public, eating, drinking or smoking during the fasting hours would be punished as we needed to repsect their laws.... Fair comment but only if they do the same when here.... what's good for one is good for another!!

What I find sad is that at the end of the colonial era we left the former colonies with a functioning civil administration and functioning economies. Forty years into self-rule so many have returned to civil war, corruption, genocide and dependence of aid programmes.

I suggest that people read the History of this Country,and how it was treated by the various people who Invaded and Enslaved the Population here,Are we to blame the Saxons or the Romans or Normans for what happens today? I think Not.The sins of the Fathers Should not be Borne by their Sons or Decendants. If they are,Should we not be condeming all of Germany and Japan forWW1 and WW2. ?.People can always critisize in Hindsight, especially if they were,nt around at the time.You have to live for "Today"and The "Future" not the past. Hal. Ps. and is it not amazing how many "German and Japanese" goods are sold here.

Lisa If you read Chloes message, it is about her feelings, she is asking for others to give their opinion. She has in no way tarring anyone else with the same brush. In fact no one else on this thread seems to think so either E x

chloe i think that whatever some people have done to black people and other races we are classed as the same.but my view is the muslims have said that the terrorist issue that has arisen has nothing to do with them.and we say the same.don't tar us with the same brushxxxxx(: