@Respect

My mind really should be on other things right now, but just a couple of thoughts in response:

My problem with to manyblack people in this country is that most do not have the wit or sense to take advantage of oportunities on their doorsteps. Whatto manyseem adapt at doing is slagging down the Brits -but when they find themselves in a position to help other blacks, an oportunity privileged to them by whites, they close the door firmly on other Blacks.

I can't say I don't recognise what you're saying, but 'most'? Think there's a bit more to it that, and I wouldn't underestimate the extent of the real barriers that still exist. I would agree that some of us can do more than we think we can - there is a lot of what I would call 'protective hesitation'.


Look at howeven the dirt poor sections of the Asian community are steadily climbing the ladder of opportunities

Again, depends on who you're talking about. Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Ugandan Asians have very different socio-economic profiles; Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, in particular, might even fare less favourably on the whole than Africans/Caribbeans. There is a bit of mythology around the 'prosperous Asian community' stereotype.

But what doWE oftendo?

Some do some or all the things you suggest - in my experience, not the majority. I think your conclusions are over-generalised and inaccurate- if you operate from those assumptions, you willadd to the problem rather than contribute to the solutions. Talking about..

who are the REAL dummies?

..kinda makes my point.

Maybe more later.

athaba and Iyallah..please do not bring any black children into this world. We have a surfeit of foolish blacks already.



peace

Is respect a wind up merchant or what???

My views on white british culture,

being facety to your parents - UNHEARD OF IN MY HOME.

Treating dogs better than humans.

Letting dogs sleep in their beds.

Calling Men Behaving Badly - A GOOD SITCOM LOL!!!

Not believing they have had a good night, unless they got drunk and couldn't remember half of it.

BEING ON TIME!! (only joking)

Not rinsing plates....what is that all about?????

@fernando - LOLFOR REAAAAL! Just give thanks!

I've got more,

by being able to smell and spit wine, they think its HIGH CULTURE!

Antiques roadshow - What is that about?

Everyone is obsessed with class titles, and trying to climb the class ladder - upper middle class, lower middle class, upper lower upperclass - LOL - NON-SENSE JARE

Not being able to dance.

Shouting out their words in a foreign country, when the people don't understand English full stop!!! Do they think that by shouting slowly people will understand. It happens over here too!!!

Sleeping with the partners of members of their family! CRAZY!

Going to Ibiza, having sex with random people and getting drunk!!!

THIS IS FUN!! banana.gifbanana.gifbanana.gifbanana.gif

@Black Beauty,

In answer to your profound question.

When I think of Culture over here, I look at it in terms of the different Countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Indeed it might be more benefical all round if we were to look at our identity (Our being All Communities) from the aspect of "The United Kingdom" rather than simply British.



When I have lived overseas is when I notice either in Constrast or in my Character those aspects that are associated or missed in British Culture. Although I rather speak in terms of English Culture which is where I was born and raised. So here is my brief list of English Culture:

1. The F.A Cup
2. The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race
3. The Village Church
4. The Pub
5. The Licencing Laws :P
6. Shakespeare
7. The BBC ( rapidly changing)
8. The Royal Family
9. The Police ( ever Americanized nowadays)
10. Pimms
11. Barbour Jackets
12. London
13. The Shires
14. The Rain
15. The Wind
16. The various accents
17. The Music Scene and it's wider impact on the World
18. The Tate (Both)
19. The British Museum ( The Empires reciept of Stolen Goods)
20. Cricket
21. Rugby
22. Public Schools
23. Dickens
24. Ealing Comedies
25. Piped History of World War II
26. Churchill
27. The City
28. Sense of Humour
29. A Measurement system that won't die quietly
30. Fashion coming from below rather than up above
31. Parliamentary Democracy
32. Left Hand side of the Road - Driving
33. East Enders
34. Overall Politeness
35. "Saturday nights alright for Fighting Attitude in the smaller towns"
36. 1966 ( Better known than 1066)
37. A Sense of Fair Play
38. The Rule of Law
39. Tolerant Society
40. The Class System
41. The N.H.S
42. The lasting Myths that sustained the justification of Empire
43. The Freedom to disagree in total with all of the above without fear of prosecution.

Thanks dada. That class thing between blacks should be explored further methinks. There are lower class blacks like Athaba, Fernando etc..lower in education, manners, perhaps income and so forth who have little to contribute to this thread that is constructive, and whom we should separate ourselves from socially, while at the same time acknowleding that they are part of the black family, and we do what we can to help them.

Class is a useful function. Not all black people are equal, or are meant to be. We must have our cleaners and our Mac waiters.

Nah Respect? you r not black, ur a fool! -and ur baitingbuti won't go there with u - eediot!



White British culture?

Fishing - (the idea is to sit all day on a bank, hook some tiddler, THEN put it back again!) LOL!!!

Taking Rover out for walks and letting it **** all over the place, then taking it home, to clean the dog teet with their toothbrush!!! eeeeewwwww!!!!