White Working-Class Boys Becoming An Underclass (UK)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 6-18-2008 | Graeme Paton

[TalonDJ]

Reading articles about the UK has become watching a train wreck in super slow motion. The train has hit something and the cars are starting to oh so slowly fly off the track in all directions.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

"Just six per cent of white boys eligible for free school meals went to university compared to 26 per cent of working class young men from ethnic minority backgrounds."

When I received free school dinners, there were no ethnic minorities.

Nevertheless, this remains a strange comparison.

I would have thought fewer than 5% of kids who received free school dinners, (and for my part, school uniform), went to university even 35 years ago.

[WildcatClan]

The population of all those (Belize, Barbados, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos) combined, have a population of less than 700,000. They are technically countries, but from the perspective of an American they would be Mayors of 2nd and 3rd tier (populated) cities.

[mr_hammer]

“Much like my workplace. It’s dominated by women now. But in crunch time, when something absolutely has to be done, they look around for some man to get it done. Sorry if my observation sounds sexist.”

Not sexist, but the truth. WSHTF, they look to the “risk taker’s” to forge a head and clear the under brush.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Not to be racist, but can anyone tell me of a country headed by a black that is well run? I was asked that question, and couldn’t answer. Surely there is one?

I don't know of a major U.S. city that is.

[Nowhere Man]

I have seen a lot of this over here in the U.S. too. I have been hearing about the “angry White male” for almost 15 years now. Because of this, I can’t blame them, or generally Whites, for being angry because of being bashed all the time. Trouble is that if you object to this treatment, you’ll end up sounding like somebody from Stormfront which isn’t true. All I can add is the old saying from Yoda is true, “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to more suffering.” In the 1990’s and early 200x, we had the fear stage where some or many people kept their mouths shut and true feeling hidden but I think we are at the anger stage now.

[Nowhere Man]

Much like my workplace. It’s dominated by women now. But in crunch time, when something absolutely has to be done, they look around for some man to get it done. Sorry if my observation sounds sexist.

My workplace was the same way, unless I was assigned other tasks, I generally did the most work even though I got laid off. Sometimes being the only rooster in the hen house isn't the greatest either.

[wideawake]

The population of all those (Belize, Barbados, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos) combined, have a population of less than 700,000. They are technically countries, but from the perspective of an American they would be Mayors of 2nd and 3rd tier (populated) cities.

(1) When 300,000 people are a country and not a city they have a whole host of concerns and responsibilities that cities do not have to deal with.

(2) I'd rather live in Belize than Baltimore.

[vimto]

But liberalism in Britain has created a huge, dysfunctional, violent, drunken, unemployable “Oi!” culture in what used to be called “working-class” whites

From the UK - what you say is pretty well correct.

[Nowhere Man]

The population of all those (Belize, Barbados, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos) combined, have a population of less than 700,000. They are technically countries, but from the perspective of an American they would be Mayors of 2nd and 3rd tier (populated) cities.

Or to put it another way, it would be equal to two Pittsburghs, PA and a Youngstown, OH in population. I'm not counting the metro areas, just city proper.

[CowboyJay]

"If you have a specialized skill (even without a college degree) than you are OK"

Talked to many people in IT or engineering lately?

[Old Professer]

After Uncle Sam gets his 54%.

[Little Bill]

You are right on the money. I told my kid I will send to any school you want to go to and can get into. He told me Dad I am not a scholar, he has all ways loved Big Scary Trucks, he fixes them and loves it, he is very good, magic hands.

[Clemenza]

Yes, including my brother in law, who does project engineering all over the world, most recently in central Asia.

You will be amazed how many opportunities there are, particularly if you want to be an expatriate for awhile.

[Clemenza]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Revenge of the Yobs.

[CowboyJay]

"particularly if you want to be an expatriate for awhile"

How many people do you know with mortgages and kids in school that 'want' to uproot their family and move overseas chasing a job that may or may not still be there in 6 months? Of course when working for $24,000/yr with a graduate degree and 10 years of experience is the alternative...

[Convert from ECUSA]

Right on! You nailed it! I’m so fed up that every election I keep hoping for the fed-up bashed RWM backlash.

[sinanju]

I’ve temped all over the place and I’ve seen some female-dominated workplaces where the only males that didn’t get run out were the fey, gay, persuasion.

These environments were mismanaged by any standards, however.

[sinanju]

Dr. Dalrymple (”Life at the Bottom,” “Our Culture, What’s Left of It”) was all over that phenomena in one of his columns for City-Journal.com.

It’s the muslim factor. The Pakis and Bangaladeshis are muslim and (in glaring contrast to the Hindus and Sikhs) they refuse to adapt. They refuse to go to school with, work with, or live amongst, infidels. So ghettoization and welfare be their lot.

WSJ had an interesting article a few months back on how thoroughly India’s muslims have excluded themselves from the recent tech-prosperity. They won’t associate or allow their children to associate with non-muslims so they condemn themselves to righteous poverty as peasant farmers and small shopkeepers.