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Race Relation In UK

I have been thinking about the election of Barack Obama as the President of United States of America and how it will effect the future of not only US but its closest ally; Great Britain. Although race relations in this country are not as bad as they were or are in the US but still there is a strong undercurrent of racism which prevails in the UK.
Racism in UK is a special kind as it seldom discriminate among job applicants at most levels and on the whole due to government legislation is quite fair when it comes to the relationship between the citizen and the state/state’s representatives.
Social racism is the prevailing fact in this country where people from different races very seldom have friendships between them. Whites, Browns, Blacks, Chinese etc have there own social circles in which they live their entire lives. My assertion here is more to do with the middle class mainly (upper classes and working classes have their own set of rules) because middle class in this country makes up the majority of the population and represent this country on the whole.
My first hunch was that class trumps race in this country but there have been ample evidence that although it is a very important factor in determining relationship among people, it does get outmanoeuvred by race. If you are running for parliament and you are of Asian ethnicity, chances are that your party will give you a ticket for a constituency where there is a large population of Asians. On the other hand if you are white of ethnic descent other than British , you will be given a ticket without taking into account how many people of your ethnic origin live in that constituency.
I invite the readers to record their experiences in this regard and what you is the situation of race relations in UK and how to improve it.

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