Are black people in London aggressive?

But, I suppose, the OP was looking for peace of mind, which he has duly not received.

Don't look like you don't know what the **** you're doing, if you look vulnerable then you're an easy target. You are lucky in that it is summer so there are longer days, which means you can be out a bit later. But come back early and hang about the main streets. It's not some tranquil and secure area, nowhere in London is, you just have to be cautious and smart.

Well, racial violence may not be prevalent now, but certain people do feel the need to take precautions - as was advanced by the OP's first post. Thus as non-white males surely we can also feel justified in taking adequate safety precautions in the presence of white males/white females too on the same premise, right?

I never suggested anything about imprisonment - I merely advocated vigilance. There is no law preventing us from being vigilant, is there?

Don't look like you don't know what the **** you're doing, if you look vulnerable then you're an easy target. You are lucky in that it is summer so there are longer days, which means you can be out a bit later. But come back early and hang about the main streets. It's not some tranquil and secure area, nowhere in London is, you just have to be cautious and smart.

The white men are themselves a minority in Zimbabwe. The term 'White on Minority' simply does not apply there or in Zuid Afrika.

The reference I made has nothing to do with 'white guilt'. It simply infers that as coloured men we should be more vigilant in the presence of white men and white women given what they are capable of - and that such a sentiment is equally justifiable supposing the OP's original sentiment of suspicion in the presence of black males/black females is deemed justifiable.

I never said I was 'black'. I specifically said 'as coloured men' if you look at my first post on this thread.

Why would you have a certain set of precautions in the presence of white people, and not just people in general?

I'm intrigued to hear some of the precautions that you take whilst around whites.

Hello guys.
I am a white, young male and I start an internship in two weeks near London Bridge and I already found a nice and cheap ex-council flat in the Elephant and Castle area.
This is a predominantly black area and I don't want to sound racist or anything because I am not but I am genuinely scared about my well-being when living there.
Maybe my fear is fuelled by constant media coverage of stabbings, shootings and black gang operations in the east London maybe it is the fact I have never been an ethnic minority myself?

I am aware that this thread is about stereotypes and I apologise if I upset someone but I don't want to get beaten just because I am white.

So my question to you guys:
Is it safe being white in the black areas of London?

True shouldn't have used minority because in numbers they are minority, and also they are now the minority in power (probably reason why I used minority since they used to have the majority power share).

I know in an ideal world no one would have any prior discrepancies, but come on man, he's going to be the only white boy in town in 'da endz' of London. Surely it doesn't come as a surprise that he has his anxieties?

However saying that I think a kid I know has moved to E&C from all the way up here and hasn't been mugged yet to my knowledge.

Hello guys.
I am a white, young male and I start an internship in two weeks near London Bridge and I already found a nice and cheap ex-council flat in the Elephant and Castle area.
This is a predominantly black area and I don't want to sound racist or anything because I am not but I am genuinely scared about my well-being when living there.
Maybe my fear is fuelled by constant media coverage of stabbings, shootings and black gang operations in the east London maybe it is the fact I have never been an ethnic minority myself?

I am aware that this thread is about stereotypes and I apologise if I upset someone but I don't want to get beaten just because I am white.

So my question to you guys:
Is it safe being white in the black areas of London?

I know that Elephant and Castle has the worse roundabout/ infrastructure planning system in the world. However I will warn you now:

When you are walking home at night DO NOT and I mean DO NOT under any circumstances take a short cut under the roundabout into the subway. OK? It does take a long time to walk around but it's worth it (for your safety not the view!!!! lol).

Also London South Bank Uni is in the area so stay around there (mostly harmless students there tbh and the worse they do is smoke a bit of weed).

I would avoid South London council estates in general though. Are you getting housing association accommodation?

mabey people are a bit pissed because you are associating crime with black people when you should be associating it with poverty, not your fault, we have a very well formed media, and propaganda still exists today

dont know much about the area, ive been there a few times at night, it was fine, just dont go down alleys, stay to well populates places, dont go out at night is you dont need to

I would avoid South London council estates in general though. Are you getting housing association accommodation?

I never had much contact with people of other ethnicity hence this thread. Just wanted to find out what other people think. It is not a personal attack on black people so please don't take it personally.