The State of Bigotry in JKR's Homeland (was) What not to say in Scotland

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Ali wrote
> Prejudice is absolutely rampant, but it is also (in general) 
hidden. 

I'm not so sure about this, there were race riots in England not 
that long ago (last year?). Also I'm constantly trying to get my 
brothers to stop saying that they're just going to the Packy shop 
or the Chinkie. Having said that I don't think that it's just about 
race, here in Scotland (which admittedly has a minority 
population of 0.5%) you're more likely to get stopped and 
searched if you're a ned (young white male in tracksuit and 
baseball cap who talks out of his nose) than if you're a black 
man. 

The scottish thing is important - I'll bet you £20 that if an Asian 
Scottish football fan was set upon by English football fans the 
scots would all rush to defend him. I also heard that many of the 
minorities in Scotland think of themselves as Scottish first, yet 
the same is not true of minorities in England. Maybe it's 
something to do with strong cultural identity.

Marley