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bix
05 Aug 15 18:42
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Just seen a news clip about Kids Company in London and every kid was black. Last night there was a feature about sport after the Olympics and again every kid on there was black. Similar theme in Birmingham which is our local news. When it features a school probably over 90% of the kids will be black.
Without going down the racially prejudice road why is this? I don't go into London or Birmingham if I can help it so is this a fair representation of the colour of our children in cities?
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Report Roquebrune • August 5, 2015 6:48 PM BST
Yup.
Report artie • August 5, 2015 6:56 PM BST
....so is this a fair representation of the colour of our children in cities? " Obviously not.It's just the idiotic media trying to show how fair minded they are.
Report bix • August 5, 2015 7:05 PM BST
Good point Artie which makes sense because common sense tells you that not all the kids in cities are black.
Report atom burns • August 5, 2015 7:08 PM BST
was in london 15y ago did not meet 1 english and that was that long a go god nows what it is like now
Report mobo • August 5, 2015 10:01 PM BST
you need to be bi lingual these days
Report toffee87 • August 5, 2015 10:20 PM BST
Interestingly I just came back from a holiday in Cornwall and doubtful whether I saw a dozen non whites during my 1 week stay
Report guinness2dear • August 6, 2015 8:48 AM BST
That's cos half of London left for Cornwall when they saw the tide turning..
Report The Leopard • August 6, 2015 9:58 AM BST
Kids Company is based in Camberwell,  much higher % black and asian kids down there, Ealing more European descendants.
Report wildmanfromborneo • August 6, 2015 11:24 AM BST
London is no longer a British city,ye gave it away.

The Wehrmacht couldn't take Britain but the current crop of politicians just allowed the invaders take part of it,they didnt have to fire a shot.
Report salmon spray • August 6, 2015 11:38 AM BST
Kids Company specialised in ethnic minorities ?
Non-white kids more likely to be disadvantaged ?
Report scandanavian_haven • August 6, 2015 11:49 AM BST
One third of London is white.

Depends where they chose to film, Southall to the west and Whitechapel to the East or heavily Asian dominated areas, but Ealing and Hanwell not far from Southall have a lot of Lithuanians and Poles, Clerkenwell and Southgate have a lot of Italians, Aussies in Shepherds Bush, Wood Green and Palmers Green has lot of Greeks, Peckham and Brixton a lot of people from West Indian and African backgrounds, many Jews in Golders Green, people gravitate towards their own races or religion.
Report Zazu • August 6, 2015 12:06 PM BST
The tube in non rush hour is like Eastern Europe meets Bangladesh in the downtown ghetto Crazy
Report Aunty Post • August 6, 2015 6:21 PM BST
Circa '55 out in the village (Gildersome) with dad and I saw something for the first time.

"What's that" said me "That's a Black Man" said dad, in a way you have to imagine.

He was massively tall and walking with big strides, and wearing full Zulu clothing.

A few weeks ago, driving through Selby onto Leeds road, I saw one only, tall black guy, which just reminded me of all that time ago.

Only others I've seen are body builders in the gym.
Report doridoru • August 6, 2015 8:05 PM BST
^^^ wow Leeds Road, Selby...I live there lol...in last few weeks have seen 5 new blacks walking down here after none in  40 years....the influx has begun...
Report Aunty Post • August 6, 2015 10:08 PM BST
If you were lucky enough to live in a place such as North/North East Yorkshire, or Lincolnshire, Norfolk or pretty much any where saarf of Landan,
and didn't have to travel into the ghettos, you could be forgiven for wondering what is the problem!

When I was doing surveys, for various institutions, there were areas that I refused to service.
I did have a couple of bad events, that made me make that decision.

Chapletown, Leeds was one such, along with Oldham and parts of Dewsbury.
Report The Leopard • August 6, 2015 10:31 PM BST
You sh*gged a prossie?
Report Capt__F • August 6, 2015 10:59 PM BST
Sooty ?
Report N.W.R.A • August 8, 2015 8:14 AM BST
I live down Leeds Road, Selby, funnily enough. Since I was a boy there has only been one black man living in Selby, a bloke nicknamed 'Sunny' who works at the pickle factory and likes a bet. I refuse to believe there are any others until I see them with my own eyes.
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