I haven't heard anyone suggest 'go home' for a very long time; the last I heard it was some years ago from an elderly lady who was, frankly, rather afraid that her way of life would somehow be disrupted. I remember pointing out to her, gently, that the people she felt ought to go 'home' were at home, they'd been born here. She just hadn't thought it out properly. Prejudice always comes from fear of some type. If we live in a multicultural or cosmopolitan, whatever the correct term is, area, we are not going to have fear of people on racial grounds.
Ippy, thanks for your reply. I can't say I've noticed that much quite honestly, I've seen programmes on television about influx of immigrants in some places but here it isn't much different to how it was twenty years or more ago. I don't think it would affect or bother me anyway, I'd say if it did. My life goes on the same regardless. That doesn't mean I don't feel terribly sorry for people who take great risks to come to the UK and other places because of war and persecution in their home land, I certainly do and if there is anything I can do to help them, I will. My parents and grandparents did the same. We're fortunate to live here, we did nothing to achieve that, it's just how it happened; could have been very different.
As a Christian, which won't mean anything to many here, I'm always conscious that Mary and Joseph with the little Jesus fled persecution and went to Egypt where they stayed a few years, living and working freely, until King Herod died and it was safe to return. I daresay not everyone in their community did return, some would have been quite happy to stay once established in Egypt.
Ippy, In last para I prefixed what I said with, " As a Christian, which won't mean anything to many here...."
I'm the last person to inflict views on anyone, I was merely stating what I felt, there was no need for you to be scathing when you could have ignored it. You need to learn some manners.
