The pie chart tells us about the variety of races that have
found a home in Britain. Half of Britain’s ethnic population is
Asian,
a quarter is Black, 15 % is of mixed race, 5 % is Chinese and
5% is something else
Who
Who
Who
Who
Who
Jerom
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Li
Rupa
Jerom
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Rupa
community:
generation:
make up the
majority:
origin:
picked on:
diverse:
E.U.:
brought up:
integrated:
unheard of:
mixed race
marriages:
household names:
people of shared national identity
period of 25-30 years/people of a
similar age
be the largest in number
ancestry
bullied
made up of a wide variety of things
European Union
raised from childhood
connected to the host community
not known
husband and wife from different
ethnic groups
everyone has heard of
1 The local community is incredibly warm and friendly.
2 The older generation rarely understand the younger
generation.
3 The natives of the country still make up the majority.
4 My father has Irish origins.
5 Being picked on is one of the worst childhood
experiences.
6 The town has a diverse population from many different
nations.
8 I was brought up in a small village.
9 My family integrated well into the new culture.
10 Prejudice isn’t unheard of in any nation.
Interviewer: How would you
describe your
nationality?
Rupa: I’m third generation
British–Indian.
Interviewer: Why did your
family move to
Britain?
Rupa: To work in a factory.
Interviewer: When did they
come to Britain?
Rupa: In 1962.
Interviewer: What language do
you speak at home?
Rupa: Gujarati.
Interviewer: Do you spend a lot
of time in the Indian community?
Rupa: Yes, I do. I enjoy taking
part in all of our celebrations ―
weddings and Hindu festivals.
But I also have friends that are
Interviewer: How would you
describe your nationality?
Li: I always call myself British
because I live in Britain but I
am of Chinese origin.
Interviewer: Where do you
live?
Li: I live in Newham in East
London ― it’s great!
Interviewer: What do you
like about living in Newham?
Li: It is culturally diverse.
Interviewer: Where are you
from?
Jerome: I was born in
Birmingham, England. But my
parents are from The
Caribbean, from
Jamaica.
Interviewer: How would you
describe the Caribbean
community?
Jerome: I would say it is well
integrated. A lot has changed
since the 1940s when there
was a lot of racism.
Russia is a diverse multicultural society. More then 120 ethnic
groups, many with their own national territories make up the
population of Russia. Post-soviet Russia has evolved with three
distinct minority ethnic groups in the country. Germans are the
largest of these minority groups with a population of one million.
Germans first came to Russia in 1682 and settled along the Volga
River. The Germans came to Russia to provide essentials skills as
craftsman and as traders. They became an autonomous republic
that was dissolved in World War II. The North Koreans are a recently
new minority group to Russia. In 1992 North Korea allowed many
Koreans to migrate to Russia due to poor economic conditions in
their own country. They immigrated to Russia and concentrated
working in commercial activities. There is a history of racism
suffered by the North Koreans due mainly to their threat to local
Russia
merchants. The Roma people are a very detached minority group in
Russia whose origins date back to the 1800s when they migrated
into Russia from Europe. They live in small separate communities
and tend to sell items in street markets. They have yet to integrate
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