Is it OK that there are parts of the UK which are majority non-White British?

There are entire neighbourhoods of cities/towns like London, Bradford, Luton, Leicester, Rotherham, Slough, Batley, Blackburn, Birmingham and small towns across the country that are majority Asian. There seems to be a lot of racial segregation in a lot of cities, which points to a clear integration problem. In a majority white British country like the UK, it's quite shocking, especially to tourists, that there are parts of London which are majority non-white where you'd struggle to find an English person. I feel like we are losing our identity. The non-white population is increasing at a rapid rate and even though we're not going to be minorities in our country anytime soon, we are already minorities

Imagine if you go to Tokyo and there are large swathes of the city where the majority of people are black or Indian instead of Japanese. Here, we seem to not care about our ethnic identity. Being British is no longer connected to our heritage, almost anyone who's born here is considered 'British' even if they don't live in our culture.

Being British is no longer connected to our heritage, almost anyone who's born here is considered 'British' even if they don't live in our culture.

Even though I've lived here my entire life, I don't think I can ever be considered truly British because I'm obviously not of British heritage. There is always an ethnic aspect of being British, it's not the same as being American since the White British are the indigenous population whereas in America the majority of people are of immigrant descent. I'd love to be considered British but the truth is that the majority of people here would never completely accept even the most British-sounding, British-like person of non-white heritage to be fully British unfortunately. Look at Mo Farah, Nadiya from Bake off, Riz Ahmed, they're all 'British' but neither their own parents and relatives or the wider British public will know them as anything other than the token Muslim guy or the token black guy. Subconsciously people just don't consider us British and that's why even if everyone integrates people are still going to be secretly angry about non-white towns and enighboruhoods, because they'll never be considered truly British

There are entire neighbourhoods of cities/towns like London, Bradford, Luton, Leicester, Rotherham, Slough, Batley, Blackburn, Birmingham and small towns across the country that are majority Asian. There seems to be a lot of racial segregation in a lot of cities, which points to a clear integration problem. In a majority white British country like the UK, it's quite shocking, especially to tourists, that there are parts of London which are majority non-white where you'd struggle to find an English person. I feel like we are losing our identity. The non-white population is increasing at a rapid rate and even though we're not going to be minorities in our country anytime soon, we are already minorities

Imagine if you go to Tokyo and there are large swathes of the city where the majority of people are black or Indian instead of Japanese. Here, we seem to not care about our ethnic identity. Being British is no longer connected to our heritage, almost anyone who's born here is considered 'British' even if they don't live in our culture.

A lot of replies to this thread state (subtly or otherwise) that you can only truly be British if you're white. The majority of non-white immigrants to the UK are from former British colonies, meaning their ancestors were subject to British rule, and just as much a part of British history and can therefore be seen as equally 'British'. The 'if you're not white then you're not British' attitude is part of the reason why there's so much ethnic conflict and division within British society. If we could realise that immigrants from the former colonies are very much a part of our history, and vice versa, then I'm sure certain 'isolated' communities would adopt a more British identity and integrate more.

A lot of replies to this thread state (subtly or otherwise) that you can only truly be British if you're white. The majority of non-white immigrants to the UK are from former British colonies, meaning their ancestors were subject to British rule, and just as much a part of British history and can therefore be seen as equally 'British'. The 'if you're not white then you're not British' attitude is part of the reason why there's so much ethnic conflict and division within British society. If we could realise that immigrants from the former colonies are very much a part of our history, and vice versa, then I'm sure certain 'isolated' communities would adopt a more British identity and integrate more.