There is a lot of that in Rotherham and similar towns where the communities have been left to entrench themselves. As I said earlier, MacDonald's documentary came under fire from many people for criticizing the views of many Muslims, usually the elders and even community leaders for encouraging their communities and younglings not to engage with British culture and for archaic views on LGBT. And in my view he was quite right to focus the first part of his documentary on this. For me, the different cultures that choose to live and remain in whatever country they are living in should be made to interact using the schools system to ensure that all kids from all cultures mix together and experience lessons and activities that explore, accept and celebrate their different cultures. To not take part on this would not be acceptable and for me would result in removal of that family from the country. I would like to see more done to encourage people from different communities to meet and work together on community projects but I'm struggling to think of how we can 'force' interaction with adults from different communities, as for many the damage is done, the gates are up and nothing we can do will change that. But the kids are an entirely different matter. An approach like this would solve much of these issues within a couple of generations as these kids have their kids and their world view adapts and changes.
But this brings me back to my question to you and Grist yesterday. I posted info on our local schools here that demonstrate that schools with heavily mixed racial profiles can be and are visibly (I see it everyday at our kid's school) successful and even outstanding. (Thanks Ellis for your answer, good man). I deliberately asked this question as I am not convinced that you and Grist are willing to take part in such efforts to interact with such integration yourself. I asked if you would send your kids to a school with a high proportion of other ethnic cultures including Muslims, a school that taught acceptance of different religions and cultures and was DEMONSTRABLY successful in terms of student success rates, grades and outcomes.
I have accepted and if I had my way, would expect that many ethnic adults do more to integrate and accept our way of life (by which I mean our laws, legal systems and tolerance to other ways of living). But I would also expect that our own people, born and raised in the UK do so too. Would you be willing to do this? Would you send your kids to such schools as these?