Today in America & even in Australia, the native people and blacks are respected and even apologized to. Even has a term associated with it 'The white guilt'.
While in England, immigrants, who are largely the descendants of the the colonies of the British Empire, are still considered outsiders and punching bags whenever the economy isn't doing well. They will never be considered equals. Forget about apology, you are still proud of your history as colonial masters.
You should have just kept to your historical points. I come from the position of having a American mother and English father and thus have spent 20 years living in England and 15 years or so in the US, so I'd consider myself having a bit of first hand experience of both countries.
You seem to know a bit about history, surely you must have heard of the saying 'post-colonial guilt' yes Britain has it's own version of it, just for those that feel that way.
I don't see in Britain Asians getting pulled up left right and center by the police for no reason, getting harassed and convicted to huge sentences for relative minor crimes and a huge Asian prison population per capita.
In the US I see areas where predominantly black populations are devastated by crime and drugs. If the US respects the black population so much, especially compared to British Asians, why are such a large percentage of them living in poverty and jail, while the complete opposite happens in Britain with the Asian community, especially if what you say is correct. Places like Detroit(83% black), St. Louis(48%) black), Memphis (63% black) as you can see all have majority black communities & are like war zones in places and some of the worst Cities to live in the US.
By the way, who are you to pass out grand sweeping statements as fact, that's nothing more than your opinion such as, 'you are still proud of your history as colonial masters. What have you taken a poll on the subject and that British Asians 'are still considered outsiders and punching bags whenever the economy isn't doing well. They will never be considered equals' seriously you haven't a clue what you're talking about as far as this subject and seems nothing more than some cheap shot at the English. While on the other hand you sit there seriously trying to big up race relations in the US. Do you really think the majority of the black Americans that live in the the Cities mentioned give a monkey about a token apology just because conditions are a little better than 40/50 years ago and in some places worse.
I'm not sure I've heard anyone blame the British Asian community for any Economic problem.Even the biggest numpty knows what caused the last one but I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find anything on the internet to fit your narrative.
By the way the immigration problem that is in the news, is about the amount of illegal immigrants getting into the Country and also because Britain is in the EU, the vast number of Eastern Europeans that have arrived, were they part of the British Empire?
The majority of people are more concerned about things like, Britain’s population has grown twice as fast as the rest of Europe for the last decade – gaining as many people in that time as in the entire previous generation and The Office for National Statistics also said the population would rise by 9.6 million by 2037, reaching 73.3 million people. For a Country already bursting at the seams (Britain is 2.5 times smaller than France but now has overtaken their population) with a already stressed Social services,Schools and NHS system. Not some racial blame game.
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