Labour Councillor Linda Hilton
“To be honest, there are not even that many immigrants in Castle Vale and if it was ever a no-go area then it was a no-go area for everyone, no matter what your colour, about a decade ago."
“Also, I believe the report’s authors only interviewed about 43 people in the area anyway and that doesn’t even represent a road, does it?”
Maxie Hayles, Chairman of Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit
“In all my time here I have never come across a no-go area for white people, the idea is simply ridiculous. Birmingham is a civilised city and does not suffer from the supposed apartheid made out in this report which I find absolutely disgraceful."
Anonymous Male Contributor
"...a few incidents that have occurred over previous years, including a road sign in an area with a high Asian population, on which was sprayed the phrase ‘No Whites after 8.30’"
‘‘These are our little havens, places like Castle Vale, and it’s about 90 per cent white in this community, and it’s just such a relief you know.’’ (Pot meet Kettle)
Hmmmmm. It seems that this place is just a shithole working class area where dole-queue professionals are a bit annoyed that some brown people have moved into their area. But having said that, posting road signs of that nature is unacceptable.
Personally I'd probably be more concerned about walking into a part of the UK with the following mural:
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