On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 04:26:48PM +0100, Charlie Stross wrote:
> >
> > Its still lily white compared to the US.
>
> These days, the UK is approximately 7% non-white. Yeah, that's lilly
> white compared to the US. It is, however, a major departure from the
> historical record.
That 7% is concentrated within city areas too (where I live, outer
London, it's going on 40-50%). Interestingly too, the impression you'd
get from the media (mainstream television, etc) would suggest a figure
much more than 7% to someone who didn't know the stats (a lot of younger
people here (as in, right here) would be very suprised to see that
figure. Even if overall it's not actually that ethically diverse, it is
very culturally so.
Martin
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