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I just watched the "My Tram Experience" video, where a woman made some racist slurs but essentially complains about how Britain is no longer the Britain they knew (influx of immigrants etc) - and this is true, if you walk the streets of Melbourne, or Wimbledon, or most places in a 'white' country esp major cities you'll probably find 1 in 10 to be Caucasian.


Whilst I could understand the frustration - I am not so cocky to call myself not racist, I think a lot people are hypocritical about this issue - I admit I will get uncomfortable, and have been, if the streets of Kuala Lumpur are filled with Indonesian/Bangladeshi/Nepali labour immigrants - so essentially this fear of your country no longer being 'yours' rings true.


But if there's anything history has taught us, things and landscapes, be it economical or social, change; some more gradual or rapid than others; but it's a continuous process in phases. The earth or land masses in the end is for all humanity, a certain race may have occupied it for centuries and centuries, but there will come a time for some form of 'invasion' or new occupation; colonisation, trades, war refugees, whether in Europe or Africa, gold rush, etc. And given the steep progress technology has made, globalisation in one form or another, is inevitable. Whether you like it or not, everyone of any race will eventually cross paths and get jumbled up, and issues such as retaining identity and culture will rise, but if there's any good time to look beyond face value, this would be it - after all, we are all humans. Idealistic, but true nonetheless. We just need to remind ourselves of this, and embrace whatever change may come, because it will.