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Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]
And what went on in the balkans at the same time as rwanda shelley,or is this selective memory contagious,mexicans bring the flu,Poles bring amnesia...
I said on a 'grand scale', I haven't forgotten about the Balkans or in fact closer to home (Ireland). But the Balkans have had peace for a considerable amount time now, the same can not be said for the majority of Africa.
Why do you feel this,like I say,is your link to our culture so weak that you will let it slip away because someone tells you to? How can we lose our identity? I dont feel black or muslim just because a few of them live near me,do you?
Seriously,Im interested in getting to the bottom of why some people fell they will just hand over their own culture as soon as it rubs up against another.
I may be wrong but,from experience it always seems to be people with the least knowladge of "their" culture and certainly a very low input into "their" culture who bleat about losing it.
I certainly don't think Im going to turn black or muslim, but I do feel that the recent changes in schools and their changes to the curriculum, i.e. no more teaching about our history in so much as kids wont learn about our kings or queens or about various historic battles that we fort because most of the kids that attend certain schools are not from this country so they don't feel it's relevant to them.
The fact that Urdu is being tought in primary schools when kids should be concentrating on English, the fact that we are called racist for wanting to fly the union flag or St. Georges cross, the fact that the St. Georges parades and celebrations were cancelled as they thought it might cause racial tension, the fact that we have to print leaflets in 20 different languages and employ tranlators because people cannot be bothered to learn English, the fact that our soliders get abused in the street after they come home from fighting and the only ones that are charged are white British people because they took umbridge at the offensive nature of the banners and chants from so called British muslims who have no respect whatsoever for this country.
The powers that be are too afraid of upsetting minorities so instead they throw money at them for every diversity project there is whilst all the while libraries are closing their doors.
As for me and my connection with culture, history has always been a pleasure for me, I particularly enjoy the industrial revolution, a part of our history which we should be proud of, we formed unions, Acts that protected children and the poor and shaped the country for the better. From an enjoyed side of culture, I enjoy visiting friends who are lucky enough to live in nice villages, so I can take part in well dressings and the odd village fate, I particularly enjoy visits to the Imperial War Museum and can't resist a good flower show ;0)
Oh I forgot, Last night of the Proms in my local park in recent years has been a real treat, funny thing was there wasn't one black or brown face to be seen, so much for integration...
