I am not originally from this coutry but have lived here almost my whole life. I do not consider England my home but it is my adopted home.
I hate DC and I hate what he stands for but he has a point in some of what he says. I did not hear the whole speech but what I did hear made sense. He is not at all the first person to say these things nor will he be the last. The realisation of Britain as a failed multicultural state has become more apparent since the start of the millenium, and the riots in parts of Birmingham (the place I spent much of my formative years) and other parts of England are proof of this.
The thing to remember is that it is not just communities of ethnic minorities who fail to intigrate, though sometimes it is admittedly by choice.
Many local councils are guilty of sticking members of the same ethnic minority into the same estate or small area for instance. It is no coincidence that one estate can become, what may seem, over populated by one ethnic grouping when the council is the one allocating housing.
Also, many young members of ethnic minorities feel they are unwelcome in British society due to instances of racial discrimination, a lack of cultural understanding, a lack of opportunitties or language barriers that are not easily overcome.
What worries me is not the speech itself but the agenda behind it. Yes it is easy to sound fair when saying these things and as if you are aiming for a better society, but what action is actually going to take place. What tactics are going to be used to bridge that gap?
Race relations organizations are failing miserabley and the people in charge of such organisations or who decide on the ways in which to overcome these issues are usually not from ethnic minorites themselves and lack understanding of the core issues.
I am not a "PC" person, I do think that people come to this country to use our NHS and housing system, though not the majority. I do think that this country is too PC when dealing with radical hate preachers and the like. But, this country owes much of its wealth and prosperity to other nations, and the blood sweat and tears (in a very literal sense) to other ethnic groups.
Young people of minority groups feel dissilusioned, what we are yet to see from this government is how they are going to deal with it. These radicals BTW are a small minority, and I think he should not have talked of it as if it a problem that lies solely in relation to these groups.