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Whites are becoming the minority by 2056Whites- are becoming the minority by 2056

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Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 13:54

I read this ( not daily mail!) on MN -is this actually a true / statistical prediction?
I can send the link to the thread that stated this .
I have never heard this before . I assume that this is not accurate at all .( also assume applying to uk) .

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MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:14

So what do you think the solution is @Poetnojo?

Force white women to produce more children? All a bit Gilead for my liking.

Ban white people from breeding with people from other races so that they don't pollute their lineage? All a bit fascist for my liking.

Ihatethistimeline · 15/02/2026 17:15

Racists, misogynists, misanthropes, homophobes, ageists, classists etc are really limiting the potential of humans to progress. And by this I don’t mean having more tall buildings, but to utilise our technological advancements and knowledge to have an increasingly peaceful, safe, healthy and prosperous life.

The constant manufactured outrage online is pulling us backwards, it’s making everyone increasingly anxious and unhappy. We need a reset.

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:15

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:10

What?

I'm not sure how you think the post reads with those "minor changes", because I don't think your changes make any difference at all. The point is that skin colour is not important, and your changes merely reinforce that point.

So I don't actually understand what on earth you are trying to achieve with this post, as it appears that you have completely missed the point of my post which you have not so cleverly tried to quote.

My point is, it seems socially unacceptable to say anything like this about white people because it could come across as racist, but then it's the other way around that would just be fine lol
If you actually need that pointed out to you, we'll I just don't know what else to say to you.

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:18

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:14

So what do you think the solution is @Poetnojo?

Force white women to produce more children? All a bit Gilead for my liking.

Ban white people from breeding with people from other races so that they don't pollute their lineage? All a bit fascist for my liking.

Where did I say any of those things or offer any solutions?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:19

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:15

My point is, it seems socially unacceptable to say anything like this about white people because it could come across as racist, but then it's the other way around that would just be fine lol
If you actually need that pointed out to you, we'll I just don't know what else to say to you.

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Well, in that case, your point fell rather flat.

Nobody is suggesting that being white is a bad thing. Many of us on this thread are white. It isn't a negative thing.

However, for most of us, it isn't a positive thing either. It's just a neutral thing.

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:20

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:11

Ok so reduce someone's ethnicity to dimples 🙄 who else's ethnicity are you going to boil down to nothing?

But you want to reduce ethnicity down to skin tone 🤔

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:21

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:18

Where did I say any of those things or offer any solutions?

You didn't, but I'm asking you what your proposed solutions might be.

You clearly think that a decline in the number of people with white skin would be a problem. I can't for the life of me understand why it would be a problem, but since you feel that it is, I'm asking you what you think should be done about it.

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:22

pointythings · 15/02/2026 16:38

Why? What is it about whiteness that is deserving of anything? What is it about any skin colour that is deserving of anything? You are still equating skin colour with culture, morals, beliefs, behaviour and full scale humanity. It's absolutely ridiculous - and you accuse those who say skin colour is not relevant of being racist.

Could you quote me on equating skin colour to any of these things please?
Or stop accusing me of such, cheers

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:23

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:22

Could you quote me on equating skin colour to any of these things please?
Or stop accusing me of such, cheers

I think people are just trying to understand why you think the colour of people's skin actually matters, OP.

cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:24

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 15/02/2026 14:46

Bad socialist I think?

Par for the course.
I’m a socialist but…
same as I’m a feminist but…
I’m not a purist. I don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:24

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:21

You didn't, but I'm asking you what your proposed solutions might be.

You clearly think that a decline in the number of people with white skin would be a problem. I can't for the life of me understand why it would be a problem, but since you feel that it is, I'm asking you what you think should be done about it.

Why would it be a problem? Because white people deserve to exist and thrive, even if you don't think so.

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:26

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:11

Ok so reduce someone's ethnicity to dimples 🙄 who else's ethnicity are you going to boil down to nothing?

Do these people all have the same ethnicity?

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MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:28

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:24

Why would it be a problem? Because white people deserve to exist and thrive, even if you don't think so.

Of course they deserve to exist and thrive. I haven't said otherwise. And given that I'm white myself, I'm quite keen on the idea of existing and thriving in any case.

But nobody is stopping white people from existing or thriving so what is the issue? As far as I can tell, your concern is that the number of white people is declining. But that isn't because white people are being prevented from existing or thriving, it is simply because they are choosing to have fewer children or they are having mixed race children instead.

So what is the problem exactly?

And what is the solution?

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 17:29

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 16:52

But you think it would be fine for white people to decline?

Well, if white women choose to have fewer children with white partners then numbers of white people will probably very slowly decline.

But if you are worried about that, there is good news. White people migrate to the UK. So that will help keep the numbers up. The bonus is they bring their cultures and traditions with them, to add to the rich diversity of the UK.😊

cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:31

BlueJuniper94 · 15/02/2026 16:15

My notifications here are dodgy and don't always take me to the comment which can be hard to find in busy threads and also, I do put my phone down sometimes and do other things. Traditions beings abandoned - well since many are religious as this has underpinned our culture for hundreds of years many events in the church calender have fallen by the wayside. Secularisation has done this because capitalism is our new God. Christmas increasingly becomes a time people prefer not to spend together now, they would rather enjoy their break on their own terms doing their own things. It has nothing to do with Christ it's just a winter bank holiday and shopping frenzy. Advent calenders evolved very quickly over the course of my life from classic nativity scenes with religious symbols in the windows to now just garish vague "festival" graphic versions of whatever branding the corporation uses. The Christmas tree in the town has objectively shrunk, and Christmas decorations feature penguins and snowflakes and red ribbons and anything that doesn't hint at the meaning of the thing.

So nothing has stopped happening, you just don’t like the way people - including white British people - do it?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:31

cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:31

So nothing has stopped happening, you just don’t like the way people - including white British people - do it?

Seems that way.

5128gap · 15/02/2026 17:33

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 15/02/2026 13:36

This is always a difficult question to answer, partly because whatever I say, the response will be “so non English people can’t/wont do x ?” Or “I don’t like that so there’s no great loss” Or “why can’t you carry on doing x if you really want to, no one will be stopping you” when in reality there will be all sorts of structures barriers forming - re-direction of resources, social barriers, dilution of numbers making certain things impractical etc.

But I guess the simple answer is that many areas and groups have many traditions based on their location or social groups or whatever and if you fundamentally change the environment and people in which participation occurs, you lose the tradition and culture.

For specific examples, we see a two pronged attack on the traditional British. Defra’s recent report accusing the countryside of being ‘too white’, attacks British pubs for among other things, serving alcohol and insufficient halal products. (The government also seem oddly keen to decimate the hospitality industry- for reasons we can only speculate).

This report also suggested that there should be limits on dog walking. Many Muslims see dogs as being dirty and not as pets. Dog walkers in cities with a Muslim population have been harassed in the streets. Some councils are looking at introducing dog free areas. As a nation of animal lovers this will be a curtailment of a traditional freedom.

People of all faiths and ethnicities would welcome dog free areas.
You are also being rather manipulative with your language when you use the phrase 'nation of animal lovers' as though this is something in which white British tradition differs from Muslim tradition. Care and compassion for animals is extremely important in Islam.

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:34

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 16:49

If you mean skin tone, then no I don't think it matters how much melanin anyone has.
I also don't care about: eye colour, hair colour, whether people can roll their tongues, how their earlobes are attached or freckles.

Ok, if white skin tone us of no importance why is there a 30 page thread discussing what you say is irrelevant? Surely there would be no debate.

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 17:36

Advent calenders evolved very quickly over the course of my life from classic nativity scenes with religious symbols in the windows to now just garish vague "festival" graphic versions of whatever branding the corporation uses

There are plenty of religious nativity calenders available @BlueJuniper94 if you look further than the big corporations.

pointythings · 15/02/2026 17:36

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:03

My dd is white Do I think it would be better for Britain if she was not white? No, of course I don't. Do I think it would be better for our society if there weren't too many people who looked like her? No, of course I don't. Do I think she, and others who look like her are less deserving to live in Britain No, of course I don't.
See how your post reads with some minor changes?
Now imagine if the vast majority on this tread was saying the opposite and that they'd be totally fine with it, like who cares, so what.

But literally only one person may have said the opposite and has been called out for it.

You're just setting up a strawman here.

cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:37

BlueJuniper94 · 15/02/2026 16:22

No, there are all sorts of issues coming out of this thread and they are are inter related in different ways, I was being accused of not answering a question.

But you still haven’t. That isn’t a change driven by the demographic balance. It’s nothing to do with immigration.

pointythings · 15/02/2026 17:38

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:22

Could you quote me on equating skin colour to any of these things please?
Or stop accusing me of such, cheers

You keep going on and on and on about 'white people deserving to thrive' without any context. So what is it that you think is worthy of thriving purely based on skin colour? And why? I'm not accusing you of anything, I'm trying to get to why you think skin colour is so important.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:38

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:34

Ok, if white skin tone us of no importance why is there a 30 page thread discussing what you say is irrelevant? Surely there would be no debate.

Because skin tone is hugely important to racists, and challenging racism is hugely important to people with a basic understanding of right and wrong.

SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 17:38

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 16:45

Other people also said it would be fine if white people become less and less in Britain, in fact most people here have said that would be just fine with them, what is it about white people that they are ok with their decline?

No they didn't, they just said so what if you see more people who aren't white, if there's more people who are black/brown?

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:40

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:26

Do these people all have the same ethnicity?

Is this the gotcha question. I will bite. Lady in red top is mixed race. Lady in pink has black features and is mixed race.

Please note I am on my phone and detail is not clear.

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