[Barry the Sprout]

Well, at present we've got a big problem with racists over here - the British National Party are thriving in Northern Britain, much to the despair of the vast majority of people. If we knew all the reasons, or were prepared to accept all the reasons, then the problem would be solved. For my money, the reason these people have a foothold is that on a very superficial level they're right...

Ok, now I don't mean what you think I mean by that - when they proclaim that mixed race communities in Northern cities aren't working they're right. But the communities aren't failing *because* they're mixed race, but because integrating any large group of people simply by dumping them into a poor community is just simply not going to work. People in Burnley and Oldham are not enjoying a particularly good standard of living at the moment, as the region has been systematically screwed by the powers that be for years. So when another large group of people show up to share in the poverty its very easy to see them as in some way responsible for the situation, as opposed to being equally subject to it.

Anyway, basically, if we knew (and I mean really *knew*) all the reasons and were prepared to act on them then I think there wouldn't be a problem any more. The questions a poser in other words, its hard to give a complete answer.