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to ask if there are black people in hull?

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izzy5678 · 04/12/2014 16:27

Im black and considering moving my family to hull due to housing shortages in my area.
Just wanted to know if it is common to see black people in hull as I do not want my family to be ostracised.

I was bullied extensively in high school due to the colour of my skin everyday for 5 years. Absolutley ruined me as a person.

I left school 6 years ago and to this day am still suffering the affects of the daily abuse I received all those years ago and would not want that for my children, hence my reason asking this question.

Thanks in advance and please don't take offence anyone x

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eddiemairswife · 04/12/2014 19:06

Do you have a choice of where you can move to? I live in Wolverhampton and quite a few families from London in your circumstances have moved here. The city is 36% Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and has very few racist incidents.

woffington · 04/12/2014 19:07

Oh... And because other people don't see me as 'other' I hear all the rascist talk.

Norfolk is extremely rascist. Prob not to your face, but its there. Adults can hide it but kids can't.

petswinprizes · 04/12/2014 19:13

No, not many black people in Hull or the surrounding towns and villages. Employment maybe an issue, but it is everywhere. Rents are cheap, and on the whole Hull has improved a lot in the last 10 years. The Marina and new shopping centres and museums have vastly improved what was a run-down and quite depressing city.
It is going to be the City of Culture in 2017, which can only further improve things. There is also potentially a new railway linking it to Leeds and Manchester, but we'll see what happens about that.

Do you have the opportunity to visit for a few days?

Greysanderson · 04/12/2014 19:13

No racism in Norfolk there isn't a place with no racism entirely but there are many places where it is not common, Norfolk is not one of those places sorry.

petswinprizes · 04/12/2014 19:15

Sadly have to agree with the Norfolk (and Suffolk) racism. I've lived and worked in both and was absolutely gobsmacked at things I heard.

plumquilt · 04/12/2014 19:16

Newland Ave and round that area seems to be more bohemian and cool, and in turn more tolerant etc. Still cheap as chips though, good place for young families.

woffington · 04/12/2014 19:18

*racist!

No wonder autocorrect kept turning it to fascist!

petswinprizes · 04/12/2014 19:19

Hatespiders you're in one of the nicer areas of Norfolk. Kings Lynn, Thetford and Ipswich areas are truly horrid. (and yes, I know Ipswich is Suffolk)

EachandEveryone · 04/12/2014 19:20

Hulls not racist. It's many things but I've never heard of any racism problems. It's not mixed by any means but I think it's getting better. It's not like London or any big city where there are people from all over the world. In fact, it's the first thing my London friends comment on. It does stand out. Rents are very cheap but you need to choose your area carefully if you've never been Primary schools are great. Seniors not so. There's hardly any job opportunities and you won't make big money there. Everyone I know it's working for the local government/NHS and that seems to be the norm. If you do get a decent job you will have a good stand of living.

SpringBreaker · 04/12/2014 19:25

What area did you grow up in? It can't have been Croydon

cheesecakemom · 04/12/2014 19:26

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lunar1 · 04/12/2014 19:33

We are in a fairly white area in salford, dh is Indian. No racism here that we have seen but he has been verbally abused several times when we've been into manchesterHmm, where it is much more mixed.

A teenager once made a racist comment to my children too, how I restrained myself I've no idea. Luckily the bitch was in her 6th form uniform so I took her picture and informed her school.

We made sure to chose a school that was as diverse as possible.

ouryve · 04/12/2014 19:35

There are some. Not many. The largest immigrant populations are Eastern European.

ouryve · 04/12/2014 19:38

And, I know it was 3 decades ago, but there was a black girl in my class, when I was growing up there and hers was the only family we knew. They ended up moving down to London because living in Hull made them feel "too black." :( I've no idea if the locals are any more accepting than they were, back then. I would hope so, but couldn't hold out any hope.

ouryve · 04/12/2014 19:42

And agreeing about the schools being dire. My sister still lives in Hull, but sends her kids to secondary school in the Holderness.

why1989 · 04/12/2014 19:45

Hull is great, and the avenues area is very diverse! I've never come across any racism & I was at primary school when around 20-30 kurdish children were placed there- no one batted an eye lid! I'd say choose your area to live in carefully. i have lived in all different areas of the city. We currently live just outside the city centre at the top of spring bank which is very multi cultural.

Original poster
izzy5678 · 04/12/2014 20:05

Thanks everybody for your insights.

I don't have a choice as to where I would live as it is through the council, but keep being told we would have to stay in our temporary accommodation (1 bed flat) for 10+ years before being offered anywhere.

I was told by someone at the council the only way we can be moved into somewhere more suitable in the near future would be to accept moving 100s of miles away. She said it would likely be a seaside town most likely to be in Hull.

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izzy5678 · 04/12/2014 20:06

I did grow up in Croydon btw Smile

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mwalimu · 04/12/2014 20:08

Christ izzy how do you feel about moving hundreds of miles away?

LoonvanBoon · 04/12/2014 20:12

I like Hull too, though I don't live there. It's still predominantly white, but much more diverse than it used to be. The schools aren't all dire any more, either, & there are a handful rated Outstanding. I think it does depend on area, as with any city. Some of the council estates are huge & a bit isolated from the centre.

Holderness, OTOH, really feels like the land that time forgot. Wouldn't want to live out in one of the Holderness villages at all; though if you're into big skies & bird-watching it might be okay.

EachandEveryone · 04/12/2014 20:23

I only know one high school off the top of my head that's deemed outstanding. Hull is one of the biggest cities in England, there should be options.

Will you have a choice which estate they put you on? You don't want to jump out of the frying pan into the fire.

Bisgetti · 04/12/2014 20:24

I was going to ask a similar question about Newcastle/Gateshead OP. I have lived in South London since I was very little but am not

LoonvanBoon · 04/12/2014 20:31

There are two outstanding secondaries now, Each, St. Mary's College (only useful to OP if she's Catholic) & Sirius Academy. I don't know for sure about the primaries, but Collingwood Primary on Spring Bank is certainly deemed outstanding.

Hull has a population of 250,000 so it's not massive. Don't forget that all the leafier suburbs (& their schools) are officially in the East Riding, not Hull, so this does skew figures on issues like education, crime & employment to a degree.

CandidConfessions · 04/12/2014 20:35

Think I was at school with magpie :)

I think it depends where in hull you want to live and what school. Some schools are rough, some of the Naice schools have bullying too.

LoonvanBoon · 04/12/2014 20:36

I've just been reliably informed that Highlands Primary, in Bransholme estate, is also deemed outstanding.

Other decent secondaries are Hull Trinity House (all boys), Archbishop Sentamu (East Hull - Preston Rd. estate), Malet Lambert & Kelvin Hall. I know quite a lot of people who teach in Hull & the schools really have improved. They also got the last bits of the Building Schools for the Future money so all the schools have had substantial rebuild programmes & have great facilities.