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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Well lucky that i did not claim to be an expert just someone who knows the area and saw it change dramatically in the short space of 15 years

luckily a BBC documentary was recently made about this

you can watch it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07czw5k

The area has had an influx of 70,000 immigrants in the past 15 years. 73 per cent of the local population is now made up of ethnic minorities and Black British.

Originally Posted by Livia

It used to be a wonderful place to live. Lots of people from all over the world, my maternal grandparents came to east London as refugees. But now, it's swung too far the opposite way. My home borough - Newham - was the first where incomers outnumbered the locals. Most east enders have moved to Essex and further afield. It is not the same place now. I urge you to watch the BBC documentary The Last Whites of the East End. Then you'll have a better understanding of what's happened.

And actually, LT has a pretty good knowledge of east London.

you mean the propaganda fuelled crap trying to paint a picture of white flight in newham by filming scenes in an asian market miles away in whitechapel? the programme that featured a man complaining about immigrants when he was half black and a woman that said she'd be disappointed if her children didn't have relationships with white people. that's your source?