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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine
Aye, I know. a lot of these problems go back a long way. If anything, the simple fact that nothing has been done to help that is worrysome enough. Globalisation, you would think, would be helping break down the barriers between cultures, but it doesn't seem to be happening.
I agree with Salami in that there is a correlation between crime and the simple poverty of the area, but I disagree with him in that he seems to be implying that that is the sole reason. There is a distrust between different cultures, and it isn't helping.
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It all comes down to economics, when people are earning and in employment most people get on well with their neighbours regardless of who they are. When they're not earning and in employment, relations become more strained and new immigrants become the target for that scorn and that is what's happening today. Human beings are rather simple characters really when it comes to economics.