The UK Was Only 5% Non White In 1990 LOL

I don't understand why there is a LOL.

Because its so ridiculous. It was only a short time ago where seeing a black person was rare for that generation.

Diversity should be celebrated. No longer are we a overwhemingly white nation that we were in the 20th century, and this is brilliant.

now we have Rihanna, Flo Rida, Chris Brown etc, much more diverse too (which is a good thing).

Rihanna - Hot, but her music is repetative and overplayed.

I don't really see why you're "proud" of the fact that the UK is more diverse. I'm not ashamed of it, I just don't see how the skin colour of those around you could affect you one way or the other. I get your point about it being a good thing that children are growing up knowing about other cultures though.

Flo Rida - Omg 'Good Feeling' gets on my nerves! Wish Capital Fm would stop playing it!

Good thread, OP. I feel sorry for anyone who lived here back when we weren't nearly as diverse. And imagine in 20-30 years time, England is going to be so mother****ing diverse, it will be awesome. I know it's impossible but it would be great if we could one day get to 100% diversity. Like, when absolutely everyone was diverse. But because of racists I doubt we will.

Do you not think there might actually be more to "diversity" than skin tone? You could have a boring group of people from all over the world, or you could have an interesting group of people from the same place who play music, have travelled, work as war journalists and paint oil paintings - i.e. they are interesting people with a diverse range of interests. I hate people like you who define people by skin tone and wrap it up as "diverse" or whatever PC bullcrap

I was looking at the demographics of this nation and how it's changed, with the 1991 census, do you know ethnic minorities only made up 5% of the country back then?? (The 2011 census is potentially going to show around 12%, nearly treble that in just 20 years)

Personally I'm quite proud we've become this diverse of a society and we're heading more so and more so.

But the UK only 5% non white in 1990?? Must have been a bit strange eh? I guess growing up in the 80's/90s must have been wierd with the country lacking so much diversity. Thankfully this decade we've taken off and becoming more somewhere like America.

Think of music then also, it was so white, groups like Abba in the charts, now we have Rihanna, Flo Rida, Chris Brown etc, much more diverse too (which is a good thing).

I guess children now have it better diversity wise than kids from 60s-90s then, when it as a bit blander.

Skin colour is completely irrelevant, I don't even notice it

Immigration is responsible for this country losing it's Christian heritage. People not going to church has nothing to do with it!

I would disagree. Huge influxs of Polish immigrants have actually saved the Catholic Church.

Your such a liar out for self-gratification and moral superiority much?

Frankie boyle put it best

Dara: "and the topic is, things you wouldn't hear on question time"

Frankie: "OK lets take a question from the black man who is clearly black but I won't mention he's black so you, yes, the man in the red sweater"