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Originally Posted by M.R.
No, it won't be all right to these people. I'm sure about that. They're just pointing out that they're "colored". In the same way I would speak here about Balkan immigrants and that wouldn't mean "if they were Negro/Asian it would be ok". It's just that eastern Euro immigration wasn't an issue back then.
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I know. It's the only way these people can give vent to their feelings about Pakistanis and West Indians. I would do the same.
What's interesting is the way class politics intersects with race politics in England. Most of the people in the video were working-class people objecting to government/ruling-class policies that had inflicted so many migrants on their communities. Without this class antagonism, there would not have been immigration to begin with. Most of this immigration had its basis in the British empire -- an empire which served ruling-class interests but didn't do much to improve the lot of ordinary working-class people. Now these people see themselves as being stuick with the bill, and not only that, but having to compete in their communities with these immigrants for housing and jobs.