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Title: One in 10 children in Britain now live in mixed race family, says report
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Caroline Gammell
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn ... d-race-family-says-report.html
Published: Jan 18, 2009
Author: Caroline Gammell
Post Date: 2009-01-18 15:37:38 by Disgusted
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One in 10 children in Britain now live in mixed race family, says report One in 10 children in Britain now live in a mixed race family as the ethnic make-up of the country has taken a dramatic shift in the last decade, a new report discloses. By Caroline Gammell Young people are six times more likely to be mixed race than adults, as the categories of black and white become harder to define. The study, commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said some ethnic groups may get swallowed up by the intermingling of race. It found that the number of people who defined themselves as purely Caribbean was most likely to decline with nearly half of all black Caribbean men in mixed race relationships. The report, entitled Ethnicity and Family: Relationships Within and Between Ethnic Groups, was written by Lucinda Platt, from the University of Essex. She said: "There is clear evidence that across groups inter-ethnic partnerships tend to be increasing. "There has been a dramatic shift over the last 10 years and what we mean when we talk about minority groups is changing." Famous mixed race names include Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton - who has a black father with Grenadian heritage and a white mother - and the singer Leona Lewis, whose father is of Guyanese descent and has a white mother. Miss Platt said other groups, such as those with a Pakistani or Bangladeshi backgrounds, were less likely to marry outside of their racial group. According to the study, 20 per cent of Black African men and women, 10 per cent of Indian men and women and less than 10 per cent of Pakistani and Bangladeshi men and women were in inter-ethnic partnerships. The report also concluded that ethnic minorities who were born in the UK were far more likely to become involved in a mixed race relationship. "Consistent with our expectations, men tended to have higher rates of inter-ethnic partnerships than women from the same group," said Miss Platt. "Black Caribbean men and women were the most likely of any group to be in an inter-ethnic partnership and this increased between first and second generations. "It means that those who define themselves as singularly Caribbean are likely to decline over time, as increasingly complex heritages emerge among those with some element of Caribbean descent." A spokeswoman for the Equality and Human Rights Commission said the results of the study were "remarkable". "The old, polarising debate about black and white is changing and the next generation will not see race in the same way we see it," she said. "This is hugely positive and we can afford a moment to celebrate: Britain's diverse culture is becoming all the more fascinating and inter-connected." The report is published on the same day as the Commission's chairman Trevor Phillips delivers a speech on Race and Britain: Ten Years on from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, who is mixed race, is a symbol of modern Britain
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If this is true, it signals the end of England. Americans have more sense than to degrade themselves like this, no matter how hard the media tries to portray it otherwise.
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