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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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cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:40

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 16:25

People have said its a good thing.
And really, should people not be worried about an ethnicity that's already a tiny minority on the planet being decreased even further? What other ethnicity would it be socially acceptable to say that about? If you have difficulty answering that question have a think about why that is.

The occasional post has said that. The vast majority have said it’s irrelevant. Are you interested in ethnicity - I really don’t care what happens to that - or culture? I think British culture, and a wider Western culture, is worth preserving. I don’t think changing ethnic ‘balance’ affects that.

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:43

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:40

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.

It's not a gotcha, all but one are 'mixed race'. It's just an illustration that judging ethnicity on skin tone is ridiculous. They all have different skin tones from very pale to pretty dark and it doesn't correlate with what ethnicity they'd be considered.

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:44

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.

It's very important to racists so the rest of us need to challenge it.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:44

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:44

It's very important to racists so the rest of us need to challenge it.

Exactly

SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 17:45

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.

Exactly, you can still get classic Nativity scenes advent calendars as well as chocolate commercial ones.
I prefer the nativity scenes ones.

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:48

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:23

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

No, If they just thought that they wouldn't be accusing me of equating skin colour with morals, behaviour etc.
Shes putting words in my mouth, simple as that, negative words that I did not say.

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:43

It's not a gotcha, all but one are 'mixed race'. It's just an illustration that judging ethnicity on skin tone is ridiculous. They all have different skin tones from very pale to pretty dark and it doesn't correlate with what ethnicity they'd be considered.

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:51

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

I don't even know what this means 😂

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:53

I find it really interesting that the only example we have been presented with of traditions that might be lost as a result of having fewer white people have been that fewer people seem interested in Christianity.

My white British father is an atheist. He was raised by white British atheist parents. My great grandfather - born in the middle of the Victorian era - has been described to me as an evangelical atheist.

My white British mother was brought up as a Roman Catholic (Irish roots). She left the church long before I was born after being abused at her Catholic school.

So I was brought up without any religious traditions in an almost exclusively white community. I flirted with Christianity briefly in my early twenties before realising that I simply couldn't force myself to believe in something that just didn't ring true.

So perhaps someone could explain to me exactly what the demographic make up of the UK might have to do with my choice not to participate in Christian rituals that have never meant anything to me?

SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 17:53

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

Who wants that eradicated?! 😂
What a load of unsubstantiated bollox.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:54

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

Who exactly wants that type of beauty eradicated? And how exactly do you think they are proposing to eradicate it?

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:55

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

You are saying the one of these women with pale skin, blonde hair and blue eyes looks indigenous white and one has black features 🤔
That looks to be like 'white' and 'black' is a made up concept...

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SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 17:55

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 17:51

I don't even know what this means 😂

Rabbit What GIF

My face reading that post be like 😁

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:55

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:48

No, If they just thought that they wouldn't be accusing me of equating skin colour with morals, behaviour etc.
Shes putting words in my mouth, simple as that, negative words that I did not say.

So, if you aren't associating skin tone with morals, behaviours etc, then why do you think it matters?

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:55

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:19

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.

But it would be considered racist for someone the post that about their white daughter, you'd have people up in arms over it. If it's all so neutral though that shouldn't be the case.

pointythings · 15/02/2026 17:56

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

This is a statement that requires substantiation.

cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:57

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

Who wants that kind of beauty eradicated? Who?
This is insane.

pointythings · 15/02/2026 17:57

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:48

No, If they just thought that they wouldn't be accusing me of equating skin colour with morals, behaviour etc.
Shes putting words in my mouth, simple as that, negative words that I did not say.

Nobody is putting words in your mouth. We just want to know why you think skin colour is so important and meaningful. And we still don't know, because you haven't told us.

SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 17:57

cardibach · 15/02/2026 17:57

Who wants that kind of beauty eradicated? Who?
This is insane.

Yep, we've entered crackers bonkers territory

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 17:58

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:55

But it would be considered racist for someone the post that about their white daughter, you'd have people up in arms over it. If it's all so neutral though that shouldn't be the case.

How would it be considered racist for someone to post that about their white daughter, exactly? Which bits do you think someone would consider to be racist. Please be very specific so that we can try to understand your point.

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 15/02/2026 17:58

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 14:48

@JustSomeWaferThinHam can you provide a reliable source in relation to your claims?

it’s been raised by Defra as a issue to counteract their observation that the countryside is ‘too white’.

A council in Wales was considering a ban apparently driven by demand from the local Muslim population

There’s plenty of clips on x with people being harassed for walking their dogs in the ‘wrong area’ but obviously there is going to be little official paper trail of what sounds like local hostility to people walking their dogs.

Obviously (and repeatedly) I’m not saying this is all Muslims but there are groups who do this.

Maybe try walking your dog in a heavy concentration Muslim area and report back on the reaction you get? I’d be genuinely delighted to be proven wrong (as with everything I post on this topic).

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:59

bemoresloth · 15/02/2026 17:06

You'd better encourage her to have children with a white person then, you don't want the whiteness in your family to decline

Ah so should you say similar to the poster who actually posted that about her mixed race daughter, that she better only reproduce with non whites lest whiteness creeps into her family?

cardibach · 15/02/2026 18:00

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 17:55

But it would be considered racist for someone the post that about their white daughter, you'd have people up in arms over it. If it's all so neutral though that shouldn't be the case.

You literally just posted that abput your white daughter and nobody is up in arms.

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 18:00

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 17:50

A clearer example of aesthetics of indiginous white would be Grace Kelly. (Yes I know she was American with Irish roots). Many want that type of beauty eradicated.

Who wants that type of beauty eradicated?

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 18:00

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 16:58

I don't care if there are fewer white people in the world. I do care if there are fewer good people in the world. I would be delighted to see fewer racists in the world.

Says the racist 🙄

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