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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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StephensLass1977 · 14/02/2026 14:47

Oh wind your neck in.

"oh I never said this, and have no opinion on it, but I'll post it here anyway to wind people up".

HopSplidge988 · 14/02/2026 14:48

And....?

OneFlewOverMy · 14/02/2026 14:48

And....so....what ???

Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 14:49

dairydebris ·

There would actually be less diversity - recessive genes would ultimately die out .

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Breadcat24 · 14/02/2026 14:49

@StopWindingBobStopWinding @SugarPuffSandwiches @TheActualQueen
Talk about looking for offense!
I would be very happy not to burn to a crisp in the slightest sunlight.
It is hardly having a fetish, or being racist or not being happy in my own skin (unless it is burnt) get over yourselves you are being absolutely ridiculous

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:49

Merkins · 14/02/2026 14:45

Fucking hell, you’re actually going with, “All blacks and browns look the same”. This level of ignorance should be a crime.

I didn't say that. I said there will be less variety in appearance if hair colour and eye colour is uniformly the same. My comment was purely aesthetic.

I also said I find brown hair and brown eyes attractive. Anyone who is attracted to blue eyed blondes or green eyed redheads will have v limited or no options.

Playingvideogames · 14/02/2026 14:50

Unless white people suddenly stop having kids what this means is that your descendants will have kids with non white people, therefore producing kids that aren’t white. So these people will be your family, if that makes sense.

I couldn’t care less about the colour of the public but I don’t want any theological fanaticism taking over.

Dorisbonson · 14/02/2026 14:50

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 14/02/2026 14:08

Why would it matter even if it was true? The UK was formerly the largest coloniser on the globe, so people all over the world were part of the British Empire and later the Commonwealth. People in those countries were British subjects for decades, usually without any choice, and were subject to British rule, English language and control from the UK. When we needed workers in this country after the Second World War, we turned to the Commonwealth to fill the gaps in native skill sets and numbers. Our country owes people in former British colonies a huge debt, for the rape and colonisation of their countries and the overrunning of their own political and cultural systems. It’s only natural, therefore, that a lot of people living in the UK don’t have white skin. This has historically been a country of migrants from all over Europe, a mongrel nation, since at least Roman times. It is a noble tradition, and one which has contributed to our rich culture of food, music and literature. I am so sick of anti-immigrant rhetoric, as an historian. The Britain that filthy racist thugs and Reform want you to bemoan is a myth. Our culture is so much richer for what all the people living on these islands, wherever they are from in the world, contribute.

Oh yes everyone coming into the UK has made has made it better. Definitely no rapists, drug dealers, knife attackers or murderers.

I don't think anyone is against selective immigration the problem is the scale and letting just anyone in isn't sensible.

catipuss · 14/02/2026 14:52

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:31

Natural redheads and blindes wont exist. No more blue and green eyes

We will all have identical features and colouring brown hair, brown skin and brown eyes. In irself it is attractive but not if all other variations no longer exist. We are told diversity is good. Well there will be no diversity in appearance.

Do you all really think that is a good outcome?

Why do you think we won't still have variations in skin tone, eye colour, etc. Viking blue eyes and blond hair have survived hundreds of years after mixing with the dark haired brown eyed Britons of the time. Scotland was a mixture of the dark Picts and the redheaded Scots, red hair and green eyes survived. Just because people with fair skin might not be the majority it doesn't mean everyone suddenly changes their DNA. If anything colouring will gradually revert to paler as this is beneficial in cooler climates. Our ancient ancestors came out of Africa!

Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 14:52

StephensLass1977 · Today 14:47
Oh wind your neck in.
"oh I never said this, and have no opinion on it, but I'll post it here anyway to wind people up".

correct-I had never heard that statement made.
I wanted to discuss it.
Do you wish to stop discussion? It was not faux innocence - I had genuinely never heard that beforehand- but perhaps I should have asked the person who originally posted it - yes .

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LidlAmaretto · 14/02/2026 14:53

In 30 years- so one generation? When quite a lot of immigration is from White countries ( Poland, Albania etc?)

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:55

catipuss · 14/02/2026 14:52

Why do you think we won't still have variations in skin tone, eye colour, etc. Viking blue eyes and blond hair have survived hundreds of years after mixing with the dark haired brown eyed Britons of the time. Scotland was a mixture of the dark Picts and the redheaded Scots, red hair and green eyes survived. Just because people with fair skin might not be the majority it doesn't mean everyone suddenly changes their DNA. If anything colouring will gradually revert to paler as this is beneficial in cooler climates. Our ancient ancestors came out of Africa!

Sweden used to be heavily blonde and blue eyed, now it isn't. Are you saying the blonde blue eyed gene will return? If so, when?

5128gap · 14/02/2026 14:56

Merkins · 14/02/2026 14:45

Fucking hell, you’re actually going with, “All blacks and browns look the same”. This level of ignorance should be a crime.

I know. The crossover between wanting to keep the UK for people like themselves and extremely low intelligence seems very strong. I'm not sure they'd thrive as well as they think in a country populated only by the fruits of their loins and the like minded.

Womaninhouse17 · 14/02/2026 14:57

Why does it matter anyway? It's not a competition between two sides.

PineappleGummyBear · 14/02/2026 14:57

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:31

Natural redheads and blindes wont exist. No more blue and green eyes

We will all have identical features and colouring brown hair, brown skin and brown eyes. In irself it is attractive but not if all other variations no longer exist. We are told diversity is good. Well there will be no diversity in appearance.

Do you all really think that is a good outcome?

That's not how genetics work. FFS. Recessive traits do not just disappear.

And if they did, so what?

nondrinker1985 · 14/02/2026 14:57

Who the fuck is white nowadays. Ridiculous

southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 14:58

I picked fruit on a farm in Kent in the late nineties and early naughties. The farm was full of people from eastern europe many of them trying to stay beyond their visas. They were being helped by those who were already here and were told all sorts of dodgy methods and ways living in 'soft' Britain.

The brits on the farm were proud of the UK for helping those people. What was their name for us - Stupid British!

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:58

nondrinker1985 · 14/02/2026 14:57

Who the fuck is white nowadays. Ridiculous

? Are you saying white people no longer exist.

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 15:00

Can't see why it matters.

Back in the day people would have been frothing about the Britons becoming a minority because the Angles were all coming over here...

kittensinthekitchen · 14/02/2026 15:00

Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 14:52

StephensLass1977 · Today 14:47
Oh wind your neck in.
"oh I never said this, and have no opinion on it, but I'll post it here anyway to wind people up".

correct-I had never heard that statement made.
I wanted to discuss it.
Do you wish to stop discussion? It was not faux innocence - I had genuinely never heard that beforehand- but perhaps I should have asked the person who originally posted it - yes .

Even just a quick google would show it was complete shite.

No idea why MN delete a "thread about a thread" - yet this one is allowed to remain?

Oh yes, same reason as all the other racism on MN is running rampant

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 15:01

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:58

? Are you saying white people no longer exist.

What do you mean by 'white people'?

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 15:01

GentleSheep · 14/02/2026 14:00

I think the year 2056 is a typo (not of yours, I saw it in the other thread), as it seems rather a precise year to use? Anyhoo I went searching on Google and can't find it mentioned. I can however find other mentions:

whites will 'become the minority in the next 40 years'.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/06/im-scared-a-report-britains-minority-white-future-23348192/

Which was based on a study by Matt Goodwin, the article above heavily criticises his method - which defines 'white British' as those without at least one immigrant parent.

What if the immigrant parent was white? What does he mean? People who have at least one parent who was not British?

Playingvideogames · 14/02/2026 15:01

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 15:01

What do you mean by 'white people'?

Don’t be so disingenuous

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 15:02

Playingvideogames · 14/02/2026 15:01

Don’t be so disingenuous

People use it to mean different things.

Catza · 14/02/2026 15:03

Dorisbonson · 14/02/2026 14:50

Oh yes everyone coming into the UK has made has made it better. Definitely no rapists, drug dealers, knife attackers or murderers.

I don't think anyone is against selective immigration the problem is the scale and letting just anyone in isn't sensible.

I am sure not everyone who moved to the UK had made it better. But equally, the UK was not exactly free from rapists and murderers before mass immigration either.
Criminality is not dependent on the nationality of the perpetrator. It is largely dependent on poverty, inequality, unemployment, low educational attainment, and a host of other socioeconomic factors.

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