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Scared of growing resentment towards people of colour

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AppleJuiceAvid · 14/02/2026 08:19

Is anyone else scared there will be a war in the UK? Elon Musk seems to be encouraging it and Donald Trump supports far-right ideas, saying that European countries face civilisational erasure due to immigration. When you've got the rich and powerful like Sir Jim Ratcliffe saying that the UK has been colonised by immigrants, this just stokes people's anger even more against non-white immigrants. More and more white people are growing resentful of non-white people.

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BMW6 · 14/02/2026 08:50

I've got news for you OP.

My brown neighbours all think illegal immigration is wrong and they should be deported.

frozendaisy · 14/02/2026 08:50

The British moaning about colonisation

LakieLady · 14/02/2026 08:48

ilovesooty · 14/02/2026 08:21

I think all those ideas are abhorrent, but, no, I'm not scared that there is going to be a war.

Same here.

I find these repeated attempts to legitimise racism and xenophobia profoundly depressing though.

PeachOctopus · 14/02/2026 08:47

Whites are becoming the minority by 2056 and its a huge significant cultural shift in our society.
Significantly the biggest cultural shift in 1500 years.
I think so far we have coped with the changes to society pretty well so far but I can see the speed of change has caused difficulties, my family has mixed heritage and there are different cultural expectations over women’s roles etc.
think a lot of people stick their head in the sand about the problems that are arising from sectarianism, different rules for different areas.

Isittimeformynapyet · 14/02/2026 08:41

ilovesooty · 14/02/2026 08:21

I think all those ideas are abhorrent, but, no, I'm not scared that there is going to be a war.

Absolutely this.

LlynTegid · 14/02/2026 08:38

I am not sure whether it is more resentment aka racism, or just that those who were always racist express it more in public or online.

HelpMeGetThrough · 14/02/2026 08:36

No, not worried at all. If there is one, it is what it is. Nothing I can do about it, so won’t worry.

ilovesooty · 14/02/2026 08:21

I think all those ideas are abhorrent, but, no, I'm not scared that there is going to be a war.