Hurray For Multiculturalism!

Brits fear race violence will erupt

ALMOST two out of three Britons fear race tensions could spill over into violence and half the population want immigrants to be encouraged to leave, a new poll shows.

In a country where the last serious race riots erupted seven years ago between white and Asian youths, the head of Britain's equality watchdog called the poll findings "alarming''.

"What worries me is if that friction starts to catch fire - if people genuinely believe it's going to catch fire - then we're in trouble,'' Equality and Human Rights Commission head Trevor Phillips said.

Of the 1000 people sounded out by Mori pollsters for the BBC, 60 per cent said Britain had too many immigrants.

A quarter of those polled said their area did not feel like Britain any more because of immigration.

Why are people like myself, who call for the integration and assimilation of immigrants, now considered 'racists'? If you want to immigrate to a foreign land to make a better life for you and your family, you have to be willing to set aside your old culture and adapt to the new one. That's part of the deal. And there's no reason why you have to abandon the traditional ways of your people, while at the same time adhering to the laws and adopting the culture of your new country.