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>The word ‘urban’ has become synonymous with people of colour (POC), particularly Black people.
>It’s expected that minority groups can be found in big, bustling metropolitan cities where they are likely to have migrated for economic opportunities.
>But cities don’t just offer financial prosperity – there are other motivations for living in large multicultural societies, including acceptance of diversity.
>Rural England is pretty white, which isn’t surprising considering the U.K is a majority-white country.
>According to the Office for National Statistics, in every region of England and Wales, white groups were least likely to live in an urban location and people from Asian and Black ethnic groups were most likely to do so.
>This may be part of the reason why suburban areas have been reported to be unwelcome for the minorities living in these spaces.
>In 2011, a report from the University of Leicester entitled Rural Racism said there are ‘frequent, and alarming, forms of racism that affect ethnic minorities in the countryside’.
>Authors said: ‘Minority ethnic incomers were often treated with suspicion, as many white rural residents felt that they belonged only in the city, with all its concomitant “negative” attributes of noise, pollution, crime and, crucially for some, multiculturalism.’
>Last year, The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs found similar results about the inaccessibility of ruralness for minorities.
>A 2004 academic study by Neil Chakorabarti and Jon Garland also showed that racism happens more often in the countryside than in towns and cities.
>It’s expected that minority groups can be found in big, bustling metropolitan cities where they are likely to have migrated for economic opportunities.
>But cities don’t just offer financial prosperity – there are other motivations for living in large multicultural societies, including acceptance of diversity.
>Rural England is pretty white, which isn’t surprising considering the U.K is a majority-white country.
>According to the Office for National Statistics, in every region of England and Wales, white groups were least likely to live in an urban location and people from Asian and Black ethnic groups were most likely to do so.
>This may be part of the reason why suburban areas have been reported to be unwelcome for the minorities living in these spaces.
>In 2011, a report from the University of Leicester entitled Rural Racism said there are ‘frequent, and alarming, forms of racism that affect ethnic minorities in the countryside’.
>Authors said: ‘Minority ethnic incomers were often treated with suspicion, as many white rural residents felt that they belonged only in the city, with all its concomitant “negative” attributes of noise, pollution, crime and, crucially for some, multiculturalism.’
>Last year, The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs found similar results about the inaccessibility of ruralness for minorities.
>A 2004 academic study by Neil Chakorabarti and Jon Garland also showed that racism happens more often in the countryside than in towns and cities.
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