I dont think it's them, so much as they're lonely and distant from it all. They dont see a lot of things in their personal life. They only hear about them. It's circumstances that bring them to that place. The internet would have changed it, but broadband access and propaganda put a pin in that.

I agree that the level of racism seems to be inversely proportional to level of multiculturalism. For example Weston-super-mare is sadly quite bad. It is also exceptionally white. To them multiculturalism is having a person of Chinese ancestry at the local take away. However the town has also …

.. been forgotten. Its a tired, run down, seaside resort which could do with investment and opportunities for the locals. That probably doesn’t help. It used to be called Birmingham on Sea because of the brummies going there on vacation but they now go to Spain etc. However bus loads of …

.. brummies of Asian ancestry do go there and rather than revelling in the money being brought in I hear complaints about the “invasions of brown people”. A lot of the old guest houses are used for emergency housing which doesn’t help. And then just up the road is Bristol which is thriving!

My brother, it's like you're describing northern Ontario back to me. 😇 We all came from those places, if I remember my family history correctly. Bout a hundred years ago. Not a lot changed. 🥲