British Society Британское общество ж national Entity and Differences
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British Society Британское общество by Болдак И А , Валько О В z
Ethnic Minorities
; Additional ; Foreigners have been settling in Britain since the '. Reading beginning of the century. The number of immigrants • yvas controlled, except for Commomvealth citizens, who. until 1962, were allowed to enter freely. Before the Second World War most of the immigrants came from the old dominions. Canada, Australia, Neyv Zealand, South Africa. Then in 1952 many immigrants came to Britain from the West Indies, India and Pakistan. They were poor and out of work and had been told there were jobs for them in Britain. Black and Asian people soon became a familiar sight in every city. Near- ly half the doctors are Asian and many of the nurses in National Health Serv- ice hospitals are black, as are large numbers of bus drivers and conductors. But black immigrants have not had an easy time. Most of them have had to take the lowest paid jobs, and when there is unemployment they are usually the fist to be sacked. In spite of laws to protect them, there is still discrimina- tion by some employers, landladies and club owners. Young West Indians who were born in Britain and are British in every respect are especially bitter. Violent clashes between police and residents of some of the poorest areas of London and Birmingham took place in 1981 and 1985. Over two 10 hundred buildings were either destroyed or damaged in the 1985 riots, nearly four hundred police and firemen were injured and four people died. Young children don't usually have racial prejudice. Thev plav quite happily together, whatever their background. Most of the Asian and West Indian children in schools are Britons by birth. They have accents of native speakers, and at school they behave like British children in every 7 way. When they grow up and find that they are treated differently from whites, naturally it upsets them very much. Most people in Britain agree that the National Health Service would be in serious difficulties without its Indian doctors and West Indian nurses! Doctors and nurses are generally respected, because they belong to a re- spected profession. But the problem still exists. And the way out is to be found. First, the society must get rid of the ghettos. When people of the same race are crowd- ed together in one part of a city, usually in one of the least pleasant districts, they tend to become bitter and feel neglected. The society needs better housing, with blacks and yvhites living together on the same housing estates. Second, people who settle in a foreign country have got to try and get used to the different way of life in that country. Some parents in Asian communi- ties try to prevent their children from adopting the British yvay of life. It only- makes things harder for them later. Britain's racial problems are often discussed on radio and television. Download 446.71 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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