Eric Pickles signals end to multiculturalism

Source? They usually bury their heads in the sand like with the increasing sexual attacks on white girls.

Erm... Nobody is told not to wear crosses up or put England flags up.

Plus I would also say that most migrants also do speak/try to speak English and understand British culture.


Not all British people are white.

Whilst I welcome some of the sentiment, I don;t like this emphasis on us as a Christian country. We don't need Christianity, just mention our heritage and history, not the religion that is almost meaningless to most in todays society.

I would say different, i don't know about you but i lived in a multicultural area(s) of london since i was born, i now live at a university. At both places both a good majority of international students and migrants do not bother to integrate. Example my flat i have 4/7 international students, basically all of them don't bother to socialise with any of us non internationals, except for saying hello and a couple of general words around, same thing around the university, especially asians (orientals) they are rude and do not even try to integrate one bit (mostly). But hi 5 to the ones who do which are a good number, but most are :/

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I would say different, i don't know about you but i lived in a multicultural area(s) of london since i was born, i now live at a university.
At both places both a good majority of international students and migrants do not bother to integrate. Example my flat i have 4/7 international students, basically all of them don't bother to socialise with any of us non internationals, except for saying hello and a couple of general words around, same thing around the university, especially asians (orientals) they are rude and do not even try to integrate one bit (mostly).
But hi 5 to the ones who do which are a good number, but most are :/

Hmmm...baa baa black sheep is considered insulting, referring to something as 'black' is often seen as racist by radical left wingers, stories are always surfacing about muslims/other minorities claiming the england flag offends them and other ridiculous things like crosses shouldnt be allowed in public.

What about if a bunch of brits went to Saudi Arabia and started campaigning for the introduction of pork and trying to ban islam in public??

They are probably the ones who study hard and then get the top jobs instead of wasting their lives away at the local nightclub. Oriental kids have an amazing work ethic the UK could learn from.

They are probably the ones who study hard and then get the top jobs instead of wasting their lives away at the local nightclub. Oriental kids have an amazing work ethic the UK could learn from.

Firstly your kinda stereotyping, secondly not really, they just stick together with their other asians, never bother to speak english or to people who speak english (except when they need to).

International students particularly asians only will talk to a british person when they need to

and even then they are so 'polite' that in itself its kinda rude. You could say thats their culture, being polite but that =/= friendly.

How about a 'white' British 50-year old mature student? Do you expect him to hold extensive conversations with you, despite having a friendship group with which he has a greater socio-cultural affinity? Should he be criticised for not clubbing every weekend and getting 'smashed'? Difference in culture is not a dichotomy of British vs. non-British.

Integrate into what? Are you suggesting you share interests with every other 'white' British person, insofar as you can become friends with them? Why would they want to become friends with people who have nothing in common? As another example, why would somebody who doesn't drink or go clubbing become friends with someone whose life revolves around those things? A cursory hello is good enough for most people; why is it that their origins somehow make their lack of socialisation more significant?

'Non-white' British people can't do anything right with you, can they?

Firstly i do not go clubbing and get smashed every week myself.

Secondly, we have a 40 year old Japanese student, he actively tries to integrate, he is a friendly guy and struggle alot with English to the point you can't understand him, whereas alot of asians particularly those from places like Hong Kong who can speak english well do not.

And as for hanging out with a group from the same/similar culture, the girl in my flat who is from Hong Kong, She never bothers to even try to hang out with anyone, she locks herself in her room and when she does come out she hangs out with a group of asians, my point with alot of internationals, they either integrate a good amount,or they don't at all.

There's nothing to stop an international in my course from talking to a British person, while waiting for lectures or in lectures etc etc. But they tend not to bother even when you attempt to be friendly in the first place.

As i said before with the girl in my flat, considering she's in my flat isn't that enough reason for her to socialise atleast a little and get to know the people she is living with? Im not saying some random International student should come up to me and start talking to me and making friends, i am simply saying internationals tend not to (but should) make an effort to interact with people in their couse/flat etc.

I'm not suggesting you do; I used it as an example. To what extent can you converse with people whose interests differ wildly from yours? Do you have conversations about things that do not interest you? Do you make an active effort to speak to everyone you see just to 'integrate' with their culture/interests?

What does he do that you deem as being an active attempt to integrate?

So you want to be her friend but she isn't letting you, or do you simply not have anything in common?

What? You're acting as if there's one giant conversation amongst all British people and another with international students. Everyone has their friendship group and rarely deviates from it, and outsiders infrequently attempt to infiltrate established groups.

Wrong, because i've made friends with some awesome non British students.

No. Why maintain a feeble pretence of interest (i.e., small talk) in other people just because they live nearby? In what way would wasting time getting to know people who, from observation alone, can be determined as being socio-culturally incongruous benefit her? She has no pressing reason to talk to you, so she doesn't. Similarly, you probably don't talk to every person in your lecture because you have no reason to.

Despite knowing they are trying to be friendly by being polite, you interpret it as rude? Again, socio-cultural incongruity precludes the establishment of an amicable relationship. Similarly, somebody who is formal and takes things seriously will frequently misinterpret somebody who enjoys banter and sarcastic humour, which precludes the establishment of an amicable relationship.