Birmingham City Council will increasingly be forced to deal with “cultural clashes” between people of different ethnic groups or religions, Conservatives have warned.
The possibility for conflict will increase as the city moves towards becoming a “plural city” in which white people are a minority, said Paul Goodman, Conservative Shadow Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion. This is expected to happen by 2027, based on current trends.
Speaking at a fringe meeting during the Conservative conference, Mr Goodman warned that national governments could do little to deal with the tensions that might arise.
It would be down to local councils to resolve disputes and deal with competing claims of ethnic groups, he said.
He said: “We can see, looking ahead, that you have this picture of diversity and plurality, and cities are going to look very different.
“For policy-makers, in one sense this is all very exciting.
“In another sense, I think there are going to be cultural clashes in these plural cities, between different groups with different value systems, and different outlooks.
“The art of politics, local and national, is going to be managing the culture clashes.”
Tensions could be caused by racism, including racist attitudes from some ethnic minorities towards each other, he said.
“One issue is what you might call old-fashioned racism. Racism hasn’t gone away, and not just what you might call old-fashioned white on ethnic minority racism. There are also other forms of racism taking place.
“When there was great wave of people coming in seeking asylum five years ago, there were reports from channel ports about different recently-arrived groups having very tense relations with each other.”
However, religion would also be a factor, he said. Birmingham already has a population which is 14 per cent Muslim, Mr Goodman pointed out.
“Religion will be a very important factor in British cities, and it is going to be up to local and national politicians to manage this factor too.
“There is a positive side to his, but I think there will also be culture clashes.
“I think the attitude of Muslims in cities on licensing, even on the annual gay pride march, isn’t necessarily going to be the same in those areas as everyone else, just as the attitude of white fundamentalist Christians isn’t going to be the same as everyone else.”
But national government could offer only limited help to deal with these issues, he said.
“I think it’s very important to be clear about what national government can and cannot do. continues here
The possibility for conflict will increase as the city moves towards becoming a “plural city” in which white people are a minority, said Paul Goodman, Conservative Shadow Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion. This is expected to happen by 2027, based on current trends.
Speaking at a fringe meeting during the Conservative conference, Mr Goodman warned that national governments could do little to deal with the tensions that might arise.
It would be down to local councils to resolve disputes and deal with competing claims of ethnic groups, he said.
He said: “We can see, looking ahead, that you have this picture of diversity and plurality, and cities are going to look very different.
“For policy-makers, in one sense this is all very exciting.
“In another sense, I think there are going to be cultural clashes in these plural cities, between different groups with different value systems, and different outlooks.
“The art of politics, local and national, is going to be managing the culture clashes.”
Tensions could be caused by racism, including racist attitudes from some ethnic minorities towards each other, he said.
“One issue is what you might call old-fashioned racism. Racism hasn’t gone away, and not just what you might call old-fashioned white on ethnic minority racism. There are also other forms of racism taking place.
“When there was great wave of people coming in seeking asylum five years ago, there were reports from channel ports about different recently-arrived groups having very tense relations with each other.”
However, religion would also be a factor, he said. Birmingham already has a population which is 14 per cent Muslim, Mr Goodman pointed out.
“Religion will be a very important factor in British cities, and it is going to be up to local and national politicians to manage this factor too.
“There is a positive side to his, but I think there will also be culture clashes.
“I think the attitude of Muslims in cities on licensing, even on the annual gay pride march, isn’t necessarily going to be the same in those areas as everyone else, just as the attitude of white fundamentalist Christians isn’t going to be the same as everyone else.”
But national government could offer only limited help to deal with these issues, he said.
“I think it’s very important to be clear about what national government can and cannot do. continues here
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