[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Wildcat!

I agree, you have to be in the place to really be able to judge it. To be honest, from media portrayal, for me, the UK was pretty modern when it comes to race integration.

But, as a witness of both, I think its night and day, if you compare the US, and the UK. Granted, the US is a lot bigger, but in general, I think they have made a lot more progress than the people in the UK has.

And one important attribute, is you can actually have racial debates there, and TV shows, and things like that, were people are pretty oppen to talking about their prejudices. Thats were progress is made.

Eerily in the UK, its all silent. And thats where the problem is mainly. Its not acknowledged, quickly dismissed, and not given a second thought!

The difference in the US is they dont dismiss it! And they dont deny it.

I think that point is slightly ridiculous given how PC this country is, We don't dismiss or deny racism, in fact we're so overly cautious about it that we accuse ourselves of racism when BB has an all white final.

I've agreed with pretty much everything you said in this topic until that, the problem isn't that we're dismissive of it it's that we're oversensitive to it. The point about the US being more open to debate about it is true though.