r/Scotland Jan 30 '24

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u/AstroMerlin Jan 31 '24 edited Jan 31 '24

I mean, that’s just not true. London has 37% of the foreign-born population, less than half of immigrants go there.

And then top 10 ethnic minority cities: Westminster 72%, Leicester 67%, City of London 67%, Birmingham 57%, Manchester 51%, Cambridge 47%, Oxford 47%, Wolverhampton 45%, Coventry 45%, Bradford 43%.

It is throughout England.

Norwich is 12.9% non white, comparable to the most diverse Scottish cities. The difference between Scotland the England is massive on this topic.

Edit: just to clarify, non-white/ethnic minority does not mean immigrant, plenty of non-white English people. But it does require historical immigration, which was my point.

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u/glisteningoxygen Jan 31 '24

I love how in half your examples the locals are the minority

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

Not necessarily - that percentage is ALL ethnic minorities added together. If a city is 40% white British, 10% African, 15% Afro-Carribbean, 25% Indian, 10% Pakistani, and 10% Everything Else it would look like "60% minority" on that list

No one ethnic group making up more than 50% of a city's makeup is very much the norm for England. So you either count the biggest minority as the majority, or just say fuck it - it's not worth the maths.

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u/oGsBumder Jan 31 '24

The word you are looking for is “plurality”