DanMc99 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: My sob story is that I was on the receiving end of racist abuse for two episodes as a kid. Living in a Lincolnshire with a very Scottish name and Scottish parents made me fair game. Never had a problem then moved school in about p3 and got a load of abuse from all the boys in the class. Pretty miserable but one morning I decided to put a stop to it a breaktime. Then, moving to Fife with a wee bit of an English accent made me fair game again. Swiftly resolved but it did leave a chip on my shoulder about bullies and racist abuse. Dislike of "darkies" was sadly prevalent even though I probably encountered only 3 black kids all the way through primary and high school. My mum taught at some tough schools around Dunfermline and one of her primary pupils said he wanted to join the South African police when he grew up so he could "shoot the blacks". as the saying goes "never move to lincolnshire, it's stinkinshire" Ebbe Skovdahl 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMc99 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: When I moved from Scotland to Belfast as a kid, I acquired the nickname "Haggis" at school. So I can empathise with all the other ethnic minorities... thought northern irish folk could only say" bardy bar bar bar" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, DanMc99 said: thought northern irish folk could only say" bardy bar bar bar" Never heard that in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: To be fair, torture, persecution and ethnic cleansing under the Khmer Rouge would be more appealing than settling down long term in Airdrie. The Khmer Rouge were Cambodia not Vietnam. Your post still stands however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMc99 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, ICTChris said: The Khmer Rouge were Cambodia not Vietnam. Your post still stands however. you say cambodia , he says vietnam whats the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Never mind. Found it... http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/area.html Here's my area: All people 142 (postcode) 5295403 (Scotland) % White - Scottish 79.6 84.0 % White - Other British 10.6 7.9 % White - Irish 2.8 1.0 % White - Polish 0.7 1.2 % White - Other 2.8 2.0 % Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British 0.7 2.7 % Other ethnic groups 2.8 1.3 Worth mentioning that the Census data is ancient now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Although I was just a toddler at the time, I remember a Chinese guy who lived around the corner from us in Brechin, called Jimmy Chan. I've never actually found out if that was his real name or a casually-racist joke of my father's. Probably the latter.This was at a time when Brechin supposedly had an American contingent courtesy of the Edzell airbase. Don't remember anything of that, just 'Jimmy Chan'. The city has now changed in becoming a hotbed for Eastern Europeans working in agriculture, seasonally at least. Brexit may change it all again of course, who knows. The village we moved to in Fife had one non-UK family from a population of 2000+, who stereotypically owned a series of tandooris around the area. I had to re-read your post. Seen that you stayed in Fife, know (well I think) you now stay in Aberdeen...starting to think we’re the same person! Thankfully though, despite having been to the glebe many times I’ve never lived in Brechin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 hour ago, DanMc99 said: you say cambodia , he says vietnam whats the difference? They all look the same anyway, right? Kinda Chinesey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Growing up in Inverkeithing, the vast majority of people were white Scottish. There were a couple of kids of Pakistani origin in my primary. I don't recall there ever being black kids, and in high school I remember there being Asians and one mixed race (half white half black) guy. I now live in Toronto, which the UN has named the most diverse city in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 In primary school, ethnically it was the token 'half-caste' boy, and a black kid off the boat called (sp) Aboumbla who randomly appeared one day for about a week, whose name was sung by the other kids in the playground to the tune of 'Wimoweh'. Few other tokens, such as an Aussie and a Glaswegian tinky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 59 minutes ago, NJ2 said: I had to re-read your post. Seen that you stayed in Fife, know (well I think) you now stay in Aberdeen...starting to think we’re the same person! Thankfully though, despite having been to the glebe many times I’ve never lived in Brechin. That makes 3 of us then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 They all look the same anyway, right? Kinda Chinesey And all terrible drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Cerberus said: And all terrible drivers. That's burds isn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Due to increased house building in recent years I would put Invergowrie as about 50/50 between Perthshire and Dundee people now. It's an uneasy peace and I fear that one day the Dundonian will hold the whip hand. In my wee outlier village it's abut as ethnically diverse as a KKK meet All people 88 5295403 % White - Scottish 90.9 84.0 % White - Other British 5.7 7.9 % White - Irish 2.3 1.0 % White - Polish - 1.2 % White - Other 1.1 2.0 % Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British - 2.7 % Other ethnic groups - 1.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 That makes 3 of us then! Christ almighty. There’s definitely a couple of others on here that migrated north from Fife as well. Small world, only so many dreams to chase... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdel6cans Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Isle of Cumbrae (Millport) has been stuck in the 1800's erm since the 1800's .it is 99.9% white and the 2 Chinese guys that own the Chinese take away (obviously) Originally from west end of Glasgow so went to school with every creed & colour under the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ethnic Group (C 2011)White2,434Asian22Mixed/multiple1Other ethnic group1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 All people 1046 % White - Scottish 91.2 % White - Other British 6.7 % White - Irish 0.9 % White - Polish 0.3 % White - Other 0.3 % Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British 0.6 % Other ethnic groups 0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Since everyone else is posting the stats, straight from Wikipedia.. Visible minority and Aboriginal population[29][30][31] Population group Population (2016) % of total population (2016) Population (2011) % of total population (2011) Population (2006) % of total population (2006) European 1,282,750 47.7% 1,292,365 50.2% 1,300,330 52.5% Visible minority group South Asian 338,965 12.6% 317,100 12.3% 298,370 12% Chinese 299,460 11.1% 278,390 10.8% 283,075 11.4% Black 239,850 8.9% 218,160 8.5% 208,555 8.4% Filipino 152,715 5.7% 132,445 5.1% 102,555 4.1% Latin American 77,160 2.9% 71,205 2.8% 64,855 2.6% Arab 36,030 1.3% 28,920 1.1% 22,485 0.9% Southeast Asian 41,645 1.5% 46,825 1.8% 37,495 1.5% West Asian 60,325 2.2% 50,235 2% 42,755 1.7% Korean 41,640 1.5% 37,225 1.4% 34,220 1.4% Japanese 13,410 0.5% 12,315 0.5% 11,965 0.5% Visible minority, n.i.e. 36,975 1.4% 33,670 1.3% 25,195 1% Multiple visible minorities 47,675 1.8% 37,920 1.5% 31,100 1.3% Total visible minority population 1,385,850 51.5% 1,264,395 49.1% 1,162,630 46.9% Aboriginal group First Nations 14,380 0.5% 12,990 0.5% 9,130 0.4% Métis 7,270 0.3% 4,875 0.2% 3,650 0.1% Inuit 275 0% 305 0% 195 0% Aboriginal, n.i.e. 645 0% 920 0% 485 0% Multiple Aboriginal identities 500 0% 180 0% 145 0% Total Aboriginal population 23,065 0.9% 19,265 0.7% 13,605 0.5% Total population 2,691,665 100% 2,576,025 100% 2,476,565 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Living in Edinburgh it's roughly ... 8% good guys 92% arseholes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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