MULTI RACIAL BRITAIN by Diane Abbott MP, 5-11-2009

While reading the BBC site I came across this interesting article about different races and cultures coexisting in Britain. Diane Abott, an African descendent British MP, provides a brief and clear background of multi-racial Britain. British history shows that the country has always been composed of different races due to many invations. The thing is, that the variety of nationalities of the invasors had the same white skin colour and for centuries it was believed that this white race should be dominant. Black people also took part of the British Empire though they were usually disregarded and treated as slaves. Along centuries all these races have been mixing up. So, though there is many people who claim to be purely British, because they are white, blonde and blue-eyed (an stereotypical Briton appearence), we may be quite sure that they possibly have black generations back in family.
Nowadays, Britain is a much more open-minded country, which is composed of many different cultures.
But the question is... do they all have the same opportunities and rights? if so, what is going on in our own country that there is still a lot of discrimination when speaking about cultures, races and nationalities?

Izzie