2012年6月5日星期二

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It has transformed British society in so many ways, especially the experience that Britain shares with most other developed western economies. While the social and religious fabric of Britain has changed, the traditional cultural, religious and social values of the immigrant minorities who have made Britain their new home have also changed in significant ways. The nature and extent of this transformation and the speed at which it camiseta de barcelona has taken place have naturally caused some concern. There is a fear of the unknown. One area of particular public concern is the likely rise in the British population due to the seemingly unstoppable flow of new immigrants, high fertility rates among some ethnic minorities, and people enjoying longer lifespans. Although the latest figures of the April 2011 national census aren't available, the indications are that the UK population has increased beyond all earlier predictions, and its ethnic composition has changed significantly during the last ten years.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the current size of the UK population is 62.3 million, and in 2009 there were over 9 million non-white
British in England and Wales. At this point, it might be helpful to examine three key features of the UK population: a continuous growth of under-16s from ethnic minority backgrounds, who currently form 20 per cent of the population; the increase in the mixed population of England and Wales, which grew 5 per cent annually on average between 2001 and 2009; and the widening of ethnic diversity due to new immigration from the EU and asylum seekers from war zone countries. Although present estimates of different religious minorities aren't available, it is believed that the 2001 census figures depicting 0.6 per cent Sikhs, 1 per cent Hindus and 2.7 per cent Muslims have substantially increased.
The rules and patterns of marriages in white British society, as well as in the minority ethnic communities, have changed dramatically. In Britain, getting married is no longer a prerequisite for sharing a bed or living together. Marriage has become a 'partnership' and living together 'cohabiting'. According to the Office for National Statistics in 2009, 10 per cent of couples were cohabiting, most of whom were believed to be of 'no-religion'. Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are unlikely to be cohabiting.
With the UK becoming a mixed race and multi-faith country, the debate about black, white and brown has changed considerably. The word 'coloured', so commonly used in the 60s and 70s, has not become just 'politically incorrect' but profoundly offensive. People's attitudes towards mixed-race marriages have become more liberal. Not long ago intermarriages, whether mixed-race, inter-faith or inter-caste, were frowned upon, viewed with contempt, and stigmatized. The children of these couples were called 'bastards' or 'half-caste' and carried a burden of humiliation, shame and disgrace. But there has been a big growth in intermarriages in the last decade and they are progressing unhindered by the rigidity of religious rightness.
Currently, it is estimated that mixed-race people make up 1.1 per cent of the British population and the proportion of mixed-race children in the UK population is one of its most notable and fastest growing characteristics. Furthermore, this is likely to grow even faster as 3 per cent of under-16s are of mixed-race and 10 per cent of all children live in mixed heritage households.
Professor Lucinda Platt's research report, Ethnicity and Family, provides some extremely interesting figures about the way mixed-race Britain is developing. According to Platt, 48 per cent of black Caribbean men and 38 per cent of women are in mixed-race relationships, while 10 per cent of Indian men and 8 per cent of Indian women are also in inter-ethnic relationships ― though the proportion of Bangladeshi and Pakistani men and women in inter-ethnic relationships are lower than Indians. Among the Indian population, one parent being white has increased from 3 per cent to 11 per cent, whereas it has only increased from 1 per cent to 4 per cent for Pakistanis.
The camisetas retro position of British Sikhs compared with other religious minorities in Britain is interesting too. Among Sikhs, 1 in 10 men and 1 in12 women have a partner of another religion, against a figure of 12 per cent of all men and women who have a partner of different religion. The situation among Hindus is almost the same but only 3 per cent of Muslim women have a partner of another religion. Unsurprisingly, one third of Jews (men and women) have partners of other religions. Among UK-born Sikhs, or those who arrived in the UK under the age of 14, 16 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women were found to be coupled in mixed marriages, compared with 23 per cent of Hindu women and 15 per cent Hindu men, and only 7 per cent of Muslim men and 3 per cent of Muslim women. It is clear from these figures that Hindu and Sikh women in particular are more retro futbol likely to have partnerships outside their own religion and ethnic group compared with Muslim women.

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