Also since the tragic attacks on September 11th many people have been scarred with stereotypical views of ethnic minorities. After the attacks many people had set their minds about ethnic people in Britain, namely middle easterners and Arabic peoples.
This leads me to my next point, fear as a result of change.
In areas like Bradford where there is a high ethnic population, White people can feel isolated in their own community. Suddenly they are the minority, and that can be an unusual feeling for people who consider themselves original inhabitants of their area. People start judging ethnic people as a separate body instead of just another human being and that leads to fear and suspicion. As a result of this people vote for parties like the BNP who promise to white people that they will give ethnic minorities a lesser voice in almost every way thus making white people feel more secure.
So how can society deal with the above issues? How can we ensure that people don’t mature with subtle racist views, or feel scared as a result of isolation?
I feel that we can’t change the views of those who are only willing to see one way on their politics, so I think we should look towards future generations and educate them in equal rights and all issues of equality from an early age.
By doing this we can make our society a better place for existing Britain’s as they will be informed and more accepting of other cultures, people of ethnic minorities because they will live in safe and balanced communities and this should make the BNP just a piece of our past that survived by only our injustice and bias.
By installing better and more informative educative programs into pre-schools and primary schools that teach about other religions and cultures I feel we can achieve a just and virtuous society that stands as an example of righteousness and chivalry to other nations.
If the government maintain informative education schemes, our children will live a better and more acceptant life and pass their morally correct (in my opinion) views onto their children and so on, therefore leaving no room for extremist fascist parties in our society.
So all in all I feel that education is the key to bettering our lives in all aspects of life, bettering life for others coming into our country and leaving our society protected from the outré ideologies of hard-right groups.
Racism was a common hardship that ethnic people faced back when many people were un-educated and therefore narrow-minded about other cultures, but time has moved on and with that so has people’s attitude and politics. No longer should any one be subjected to discrimination by race or religion and no longer should the BNP continue to make ethnic people’s lives a living hell by their manifesto, agenda’s and views.
In conclusion I feel the BNP is a product of previous governments, for not realizing the potential of education about other cultures to the youth of today therefore creating racism and fear in British communities, but I also think that the BNP is one of the prices that can come with democracy.
In time I hope that we do live in a country that stands for equality instead of injustice and I feel that education is our way forward.
