Not sure:
Three decades of multi-culturalism have left Britain an unequal and
segregated nation that is in danger of breaking up, race watchdogs say
in a report published today.
Things are terrible.
On the positive side, it says there has been significant progress since it was set up under the Race Relations Act in 1974.
Things have got better.
Logically, yes, it is poosible for both to be true. But I have a feeling that it’s the headline claim which is a little off. Things are indeed better than they were which means that society is less likely to break up.
”Segregation – residentially, socially and in the workplace – is growing."
I’m not sure that’s true either. Of course, we have to differentiate between first generation immigrants and second. An influx of new immigrants will clearly increase the amount of segregation. The interesting thing, though. the thing we might want to note, is what about the second generation? Does it remain segregated? Now I know that there are some examples where this is so, but in general, doesn’t the UK have one of the world’s highest racial (or cultural, if you prefer) intermarriage rates?
That would indicate that, absent any waves of new immigration, that the place it getting less segregated all the time.
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