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British South Asians donÂ’t feel so British | ||||
2007-07-30 | ||||
LONDON - More than a third of people of South Asian ethnic origin in Britain hardly feel British, according to a BBC survey out on Monday. Some 38 percent of South Asians said they felt only slightly or not at all British, in a poll for BBC Asian Network radio marking the 60th anniversary of the partition of India.
However, 84 percent of South Asians said they were satisfied with life in Britain and nearly half thought they had more opportunities in Britain than in their countries of ethnic origin.
The 2001 census recorded that 2,331,423 people, or four percent of the British population, classified themselves as being Asian or Asian British. That included 1.8 percent of the population who said they were of Indian origin, 1.3 percent who said they had Pakistani roots and 0.5 percent who said they were of Bangladeshi origin. | ||||
Posted by:Steve White |
#13 As always, hugely proud of their ancestral cesspit seat but all too happy about scamming some other nation's population for |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-30 19:22 |
#12 And hello folks , long time no see .. |
Posted by: MacNails 2007-07-30 17:31 |
#11 Yeh piss off ... Close the deportation door on the way out too please ... |
Posted by: MacNails 2007-07-30 17:30 |
#10 Geez, maybe if they considered themselves British before "South Asian", that situation might change... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-30 09:53 |
#9 Here is the means of showing that the immigrant communities can organise to consolidate their members, to agitate and campaign against their fellow citizens, and to overawe and dominate the rest with the legal weapons which the ignorant and the ill-informed have provided. As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see ‘the River Tiber foaming with much blood’. That tragic and intractable phenomenon which we watch with horror on the other side of the Atlantic but which there is interwoven with the history and existence of the States itself, is coming upon us here by our own volition and our own neglect. Indeed, it has all but come. In numerical terms, it will be of American proportions long before the end of the century. Only resolute and urgent action will avert it even now. Whether there will be the public will to demand and obtain that action, I do not know. All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal. Enoch Powell was right. Only the blood flowing in the Tiber is from the dismembered bodies of English men and women blown to pieces on their way to work. |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-07-30 09:25 |
#8 Careful; are you allowed to say muslim folks ? |
Posted by: wxjames 2007-07-30 07:45 |
#7 Good old BBC spin - there aint no problems with these muslim folks... I agree with Pebbles - get the f*ck out. |
Posted by: Howard UK 2007-07-30 04:59 |
#6 Since they have agglomerated all South Asians together my guess is that it was for hiding that the proportion was noticeably higher (probably over 50% between Muslims). Remember this is the BBC. Keep also in mind that this is what they are saying to Kaffir interviewers. Take takiyah into account and you will end with over two thirds of disloyalty. |
Posted by: JFM 2007-07-30 04:23 |
#5 BTW, what is the proportion of Hindus who don't feel British and what proportion of Muslims? Quite possibly, neither felt inordinately "British" at any time. Similarly, one group tends to avoid terrorism at all costs. Go figure. |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-30 03:44 |
#4 You can bring to it the best of the parts of South Asian culture. You can bring your cuisine. Let the remainder behind and specially Koran. BTW, what is the proportion of Hindus who don't feel British and what proportion of Muslims? |
Posted by: JFM 2007-07-30 02:28 |
#3 LEAVE |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-07-30 01:58 |
#2 This has been evident for quite some time. When does the House of Lords start discussions of mass deportation of traitorous louts who have no intention of becoming loyal British citizens and only want to undermine the country ? |
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-07-30 01:11 |
#1 --Half of South Asians and nearly two-thirds of whites surveyed agreed it was too easy for immigrants to enter Britain.-- They want to lock the doors, too! |
Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-07-30 00:42 |