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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (395478)	4/20/2003 9:25:32 PM
From: George Coyne	Respond to of 769670

There is racism in California?? Gasp!! I'm actually hopeful that racism ends in the next 50 years or so based on the melting pot we have here. Just a dream though.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (395478)	4/21/2003 1:38:06 AM
From: XBrit	Respond to of 769670

<<I'm actually hopeful that racism ends in the next 50 years or so based on the melting pot we have here. Just a dream though.>> 50 years, maybe. England has had a significant Indian, Pakistani and West Indian population for several decades. Large-scale immigration was greatly reduced in the last 20-30 years, and much of the non-white population is converging culturally with the majority population (many of whom are Italian [Roman], German [Engels and Saxons] and French [Norman] "liberators" from 1-2 millenia ago). I'm told things are a lot better than they used to be, but there are still severe inequalities. 10% of the adult male non-white population is currently in prison, according to news reports last week, and I don't think that's because they start their lives as bad people. Dunno if you saw "Bend it Like Beckham" at your local Indie cinema yet, but that looks to me like a pretty good depiction of the cultural transitions still going on. I want to see it, anyway.